page_title: Yauco, Puerto Rico
section_title: Barrios
hierarchical_section_title: Yauco, Puerto Rico / Geography / Barrios
caption_attribution_description: English: Barrios of Yauco, Puerto Rico locator map
context_page_description: Yauco is a city and municipality in southwestern Puerto Rico, centered on the city of the same name. Although the city is inland, the municipality stretches to a southern coast facing the Caribbean Sea. Yauco is located south of Maricao, Lares and Adjuntas; east of Sabana Grande and Guánica; and west of Guayanilla. The municipality consists of 20 wards plus the main city Yauco zona urbana. It is both a principal city of the Yauco Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Ponce-Yauco-Coamo Combined Statistical Area.
  It was founded by Fernando Pacheco on February 29, 1756, and developed for commodity crops of tobacco, sugar cane, and coffee. Yauco became a center for Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico in the 19th century due to its geographical similarity to their homeland. Corsicans have contributed to many areas of life in Yauco, particularly to its coffee industry. This has played a role in the city's nicknames of El Pueblo del Café, and Los Corsos. It is also known as La Capital Taína after the native peoples of Puerto Rico.
context_section_description: Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Yauco is subdivided into barrios. The municipal buildings, central square and large Catholic church are located in a barrio referred to as "el pueblo".
  Aguas Blancas
  Algarrobo
  Almácigo Alto
  Almácigo Bajo
  Barina
  Caimito
  Collores
  Diego Hernández
  Duey
  Frailes
  Jácana
  Naranjo
  Quebradas
  Ranchera
  Río Prieto
  Rubias
  Sierra Alta
  Susúa Alta
  Susúa Baja
  Vegas
  Yauco barrio-pueblo
caption: Barrios of Yauco, Puerto Rico
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