page_title: Arasibo
section_title: Pre-Columbian era
hierarchical_section_title: Arasibo / Pre-Columbian era
caption_attribution_description: Rio Abacoa, Arecibo, Puerto Rico
context_page_description: Aracibo was a Taíno Cacique in Puerto Rico who governed the area which is now named after him.
context_section_description: Aracibo governed a tribe whose village was located by the shore of the river "Abacoa" (now known as the "Río Grande de Arecibo"). Aracibo had been known to be a "just" and respected cacique and his tribe had led a peaceful existence before the arrival of the Spaniards. The rivers close to the village were full of fish and turtles and so it was only natural that the members of Aracibo's tribe were fishermen. Their land produced many fruits, such as papayas; the tribe were cultivators of corn. Aracibo loved to collect all kinds of animals and birds. He, like the rest of the other Caciques, reported only to the "Supreme Cacique" Agüeybaná.
caption: Fishing at Rio Abacoa in Arecibo
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