Manatí, Puerto Rico

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Manatí was founded in 1738 by Don Pedro Menendez Valdes. The Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria church was built in the seventeenth century and is still standing in its original spot. Manati is known as La Ciudad Metropolitana (The Metropolitan City), and also as Las Atenas de Puerto Rico, (The Athens of Puerto Rico).Rivera, Magaly. "Manati" Welcome to Puerto Rico! 7 Dec 2011. . It is named after the manatee.

In the formative years of the town's development, the town mayor was José Aulet. It was Juan Ponce de León who identified the Manatí section of the Manuatabón River as the inaugural site for gold panning efforts. The Aulet family possessed extensive lands that were abundant in pineapples, sugar cane, and green bananas. In 1985, the Aulet family entered into a transaction to sell this land to the government.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}}

In 1853, the region experienced a significant transition from mining to an expansion of agricultural practices, with particular emphasis on the cultivation and processing of sugar cane. The demand for sugar, coupled with its elevated price in international markets, solidified sugar cane as the primary commodity crop of the area. Additionally, carpentry gained prominence as a trade during this period. At that time, the town consisted of 280 residences, two public squares, eight streets, and a school serving 50 pupils.{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}}

Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became a territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico, concluding that the population of Manatí was of 13,989 people.{{cite book|author1=Joseph Prentiss Sanger|author2=Henry Gannett|author3=Walter Francis Willcox|title=Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office|url=https://archive.org/details/informesobreelc00joangoog|year=1900|publisher=Imprenta del gobierno|page=[https://archive.org/details/informesobreelc00joangoog/page/n252 161]|language=es|access-date=2020-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115044918/https://archive.org/details/informesobreelc00joangoog|archive-date=2012-11-15|url-status=live}}

On September 20, 2017 Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico. In Manatí, the hurricane wrought considerable devastation, resulting in approximately 1,500 residences being either destroyed or damaged. Highways were rendered impassable due to the accumulation of debris and flooding, leaving numerous communities isolated and without means of communication. The breaching of the Río Grande de Manatí caused the destruction of many structures including around 70 residences.{{cite news | title=María, un nombre que no vamos a olvidar. A Manatí le tocó enfrentar viento, inundaciones y la furia del mar| trans-title=Maria, a name we will never forget. Manatí faced winds, flooding and the ocean's fury|newspaper=El Nuevo Día| date=2019-06-13 | url=https://huracanmaria.elnuevodia.com/2017/municipio/manati/| language=es | access-date=2022-09-11}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/03/portraits-of-suffering-and-resilience-in-puerto-rico-six-months-after-hurricane-maria/|title=Portraits of suffering and resilience in Puerto Rico six months after Hurricane Maria|first1=A. J.|last1=Vicens|first2=Eduardo |last2=Meléndez|access-date=2019-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928145123/https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/03/portraits-of-suffering-and-resilience-in-puerto-rico-six-months-after-hurricane-maria/|archive-date=2019-09-28|url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Map data showing concentration of landslides caused by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico |url=https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/59de6459e4b05fe04ccd39d8 |website=USGS Landslide Hazards Program |publisher=USGS |access-date=2019-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508235553/https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/59de6459e4b05fe04ccd39d8 |archive-date=2019-05-08 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Preliminary Locations of Landslide Impacts from Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico |url=https://landslides.usgs.gov/research/featured/2017/maria-pr/ |website=USGS Landslide Hazards Program |publisher=USGS |access-date=2019-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303143147/https://landslides.usgs.gov/research/featured/2017/maria-pr/ |archive-date=2019-03-03 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Preliminary Locations of Landslide Impacts from Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico |url=https://landslides.usgs.gov/research/featured/2017/maria-pr/images/PR_Maria_LS_density_map.pdf |website=USGS Landslide Hazards Program |publisher=USGS |access-date=2019-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303143147/https://landslides.usgs.gov/research/featured/2017/maria-pr/images/PR_Maria_LS_density_map.pdf |archive-date=2019-03-03 |url-status=live }}

Manatí is on the northern central coast and the Northern Karst.{{cite web|url=https://enciclopediapr.org/en/encyclopedia/manati-municipality/|title=Manatí Municipality|publisher=Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades (FPH)|website=enciclopediapr.org}}

Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Manatí is divided into barrios. The municipal buildings, central square and a large Catholic church are located in the center of the municipality, in a barrio referred to as {{lang|es|"el pueblo"}}.{{cite book |last1=Picó |first1=Rafael |last2=Buitrago de Santiago |first2=Zayda |last3=Berrios |first3=Hector H. |title=Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. |year=1969 |url=https://archive.org/details/nuevageografad00pic/page/247 |publisher=San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969 |access-date=2018-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226171916/https://archive.org/details/nuevageografad00pic/page/247 |archive-date=2018-12-26 |url-status=live }}{{cite book|author=Gwillim Law|title=Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=nXCeCQAAQBAJ|access-date=25 December 2018|date=20 May 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-0447-3|page=300}}{{Cite web |url=http://welcome.topuertorico.org/maps/manati.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324204920/http://welcome.topuertorico.org/maps/manati.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2018-03-24 |title=Map of Manatí at the Wayback Machine|access-date=2018-12-29 }}

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1. Bajura Adentro
2. Bajura Afuera
3. Coto Norte
4. Coto Sur
5. Manatí barrio-pueblo{{cite web |title=US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm |website=factfinder.com |publisher=US Census |access-date=5 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513190743/https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm |archive-date=13 May 2017 |url-status=dead }}
6. Río Arriba Poniente
7. Río Arriba Saliente
8. Tierras Nuevas Poniente
9. Tierras Nuevas Saliente

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Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) and subbarrios,{{cite web |title=P.L. 94-171 VTD/SLD Reference Map (2010 Census): Manatí Municipio, PR |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/vtd_sld/st72_english/c72091_manati/PL10VTD_C72091_001.pdf |website=www2.census.gov |publisher=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=22 August 2020}} are further subdivided into smaller areas called {{lang|es|sectores}} (sectors in English). The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.{{cite web|url=http://www.presupuesto.pr.gov/Presupuesto2015-2016/PresupuestosAgencias/229.htm|title=Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)|website=Puerto Rico Budgets|language=es|access-date=28 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628234856/http://www.presupuesto.pr.gov/Presupuesto2015-2016/PresupuestosAgencias/229.htm|archive-date=28 June 2019|url-status=live}}{{Citation | author1=Rivera Quintero, Marcia | title=El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 | year=2014 | publication-date=2014 | publisher=San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón | edition=first | isbn=978-0-9820806-1-0 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.lexjuris.com/lexlex/Leyes2001/lex2001001.htm|title=Leyes del 2001|website=Lex Juris Puerto Rico|language=es|access-date=24 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914224408/http://www.lexjuris.com/lexlex/Leyes2001/lex2001001.htm|archive-date=14 September 2018|url-status=live}}

{{main|Puerto Rico Office for Socioeconomic and Community Development}}

{{lang|es|Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico}} (Special Communities of Puerto Rico) are marginalized communities whose citizens are experiencing a certain amount of social exclusion. A map shows these communities occur in nearly every municipality of the commonwealth. Of the 742 places that were on the list in 2014, the following barrios, communities, sectors, or neighborhoods were in Manatí: Cerro Gandía, Cerro Quiñones and El Horno.{{Citation|author1=Rivera Quintero, Marcia|title=El vuelo de la esperanza:Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004|year=2014|publication-date=2014| publisher=San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón| edition=Primera edición|page=273|isbn=978-0-9820806-1-0}}

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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2016/PEPANNRES/0500000US72005|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213114938/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2016/PEPANNRES/0500000US72005|archive-date=February 13, 2020}}
1899 (shown as 1900){{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|title=Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899|publisher=War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716033905/https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|archive-date=July 16, 2017|url-status=live}} 1910–1930{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|title=Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817181600/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|archive-date=August 17, 2017|url-status=live}}
1930–1950{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|title=Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150830033735/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|archive-date=August 30, 2015|url-status=live}} 1960–2000{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|title=Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724061852/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|archive-date=July 24, 2017|url-status=live}} 2010{{cite book|title=Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf|url=https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|year=2010|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2018-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220183043/https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|archive-date=2017-02-20|url-status=live}}

2020{{Cite web|title=PUERTO RICO: 2020 Census|url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/state-by-state/puerto-rico-population-change-between-census-decade.html|access-date=2021-08-25|website=The United States Census Bureau|language=EN-US}}|2020=39492}}

In 2014, Manati welcomed its first hotel, the Hyatt Place Hotel and Casino, located next to Casino Atlántico and a LongHorn Steakhouse, which opened in April 2014. The hotel has an outdoor swimming pool, 3 meeting rooms and a fitness center. The official name was Hyatt Place Manati & Casino. Manati is popular for its beaches and is part of the Porta Altantico tourism district.

In 2019, Manatí began offering free tours of its city, beaches, historic places and eateries.{{Cite web|url=http://discoverymanati.com/|title=Discovery Manati|website=Discovery Manati|access-date=2019-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928145743/http://discoverymanati.com/|archive-date=2019-09-28|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/suplementos/deviaje/nota/conocelasplayasylanaturalezaenmanati-2510798/|title=Conoce las playas y la naturaleza en Manatí|date=August 9, 2019|website=El Nuevo Dia|language=es|access-date=September 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928150948/https://www.elnuevodia.com/suplementos/deviaje/nota/conocelasplayasylanaturalezaenmanati-2510798/|archive-date=September 28, 2019|url-status=live}}

Some of the places of interest in Manatí include:

File:La Plaza de la Historia de Manatí en Puerto Rico.jpg

• The Acropolis Sports Complex
• {{lang|es|Biblioteca Nacional Francisco Álvarez }}"Manatí, PR - The Athens of Puerto Rico." Eye Tour. 2011. Web. 7 Dec 2011..
• {{lang|es|El Salón del Poeta}}
• Historic Zone
• {{lang|es|Los Tubos}} Beach
• {{lang|es|La Esperanza}} Beach and Hacienda Azucarera la Esperanza
• {{lang|es|Playa Cueva Las Golondrinas}}, where visitors have been cited for public indecency. (Puerto Rico does not have nudist beaches.){{Cite news|url=https://www.univision.com/local/puerto-rico-wlii/investigan-la-existencia-de-una-posible-playa-nudista-en-manati-video|title=Investigan la existencia de una posible playa nudista en Manatí|newspaper=Univision|language=es|access-date=2019-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928151811/https://www.univision.com/local/puerto-rico-wlii/investigan-la-existencia-de-una-posible-playa-nudista-en-manati-video|archive-date=2019-09-28|url-status=live}}
• {{lang|es|Mar Chiquita}} Beach,{{Cite web|url=https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/gobierno-politica/nota/encaminadounproyectoparadeclararreservaecologicaenmarchiquita-1334400/|title=Encaminado un proyecto para declarar reserva ecológica en Mar Chiquita|date=March 29, 2019|website=Primera Hora|language=es|access-date=September 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928153033/https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/gobierno-politica/nota/encaminadounproyectoparadeclararreservaecologicaenmarchiquita-1334400/|archive-date=September 28, 2019|url-status=live}} which is considered the most popular beach in the city.{{cite web | title=Conoce las 11 playas más peligrosas de Puerto Rico [Know the 11 most dangerous beaches in Puerto Rico]| website=El Nuevo Día | date=2018-07-04 | url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/fotogalerias/conoce-las-11-playas-mas-peligrosas-de-puerto-rico/ | language=es | access-date=2021-05-13}}
• {{lang|es|Marqués de la Esperanza Hacienda}} Ruins
• {{lang|es|Ruinas de la Oficina de la Central Monserrate}}
• The New Manati Arena
• Manati Baseball Stadium
• {{lang|es|Playa Poza de las Mujeres}}, which is considered a dangerous beach.

Isidoro Colón established the "Candelaria" sugar mill in the years between 1860 and 1870, located between Manatí and Barceloneta. Manatí is the pineapple center of Puerto Rico. In addition in Manatí, there is cultivation of fruits, sugar cane, and coffee. {{lang|es|Los Frutos del Guacabo}} is a farming company in Manatí that provides local fruit and vegetables to local chefs.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/travel/puerto-rico-places-to-visit.html|title=Visiting Puerto Rico, and Finding the Up Beat|first=Sebastian|last=Modak|newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 15, 2019|access-date=September 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928145538/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/travel/puerto-rico-places-to-visit.html|archive-date=September 28, 2019|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/puerto-rico/nota/lanzanprimerproyectodelgrupointeragencialdeimpactosocial-1333708/|title=Lanzan primer proyecto del Grupo Interagencial de Impacto Social|date=March 25, 2019|website=Primera Hora|language=es|access-date=September 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928153133/https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/puerto-rico/nota/lanzanprimerproyectodelgrupointeragencialdeimpactosocial-1333708/|archive-date=September 28, 2019|url-status=live}}

The industry of Manatí is shoes, woodwork, and a pineapple cannery as well as pharmaceuticals:{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Manati | title=Manatí | Puerto Rico | Britannica }}

• Bristol-Myers Squibb
• Warner Chilcott
• DuPont
• Patheon
• Actavis (inside W.C)
• Janssen Ortho LLC

• Burlington store{{cite web | title=Burlington set to re-open 2 additional P.R. stores in Río Piedras, Manatí – News is My Business | website=News is my Business | date=November 9, 2018 | url=https://newsismybusiness.com/burlington-additional-piedras/ | access-date=20 August 2019}}

Manati has two large, private hospitals, Doctor's Center Hospital, and Manatí Medical Center Dr. Otero Lopez (formerly the government owned Hospital de Area). There is also the smaller Municipal Hospital.

The area surrounding PR-2 is known for having many medical offices.

Manati has 3 public high schools: Petra Corretjer de O'neill High School, Fernando Callejo High School, and the Escuela Instituto Tecnologico Recinto De Manati, the latter also serving as a technical institute.

Private Schools:

• Colegio Marista «El Salvador», Manatí
• Colegio De La Inmaculada
• Piaget Bilingual Academy
• Academia Discípulos de Cristo
• Higher Education Academy
• La Reiné Christian Bilingual School

Manatí's only university is the American University of Puerto Rico, Manatí Campus. There are several technical institutes, such as Instituto de Banca y Comercio, Atenas College, EDP College and Dewey University.

There are 15 bridges in Manatí.{{cite web|title=Manati Bridges|url=http://bridgereports.com/pr/manati/|website=National Bridge Inventory Data|publisher=US Dept. of Transportation|access-date=19 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220181332/http://bridgereports.com/pr/manati/|archive-date=20 February 2019|url-status=live}}

Manatí celebrates its patron saint festival in February. The {{lang|es|Fiestas Patronales Virgen de la Candelaria}} is a religious and cultural celebration that generally features parades, games, artisans, amusement rides, regional food, and live entertainment.{{cite web | author=J.D. | title=Manatí | website=Link To Puerto Rico.com | date=2006-05-02 | url=http://www.proyectosalonhogar.com/link%20p.r/www.linktopr.com/manati.html# | language=es | access-date=2020-07-18}}

Other festivals and events celebrated in Manatí include:

• Los Tubos beach festival – June/July
• Mar Chiquita festival – June
• Christmas festival – December

• WMNT (AM) - Radio Atenas 1500 AM
• WNRT FM - Triunfo 96.9 FM

{{See also|Category:People from Manatí, Puerto Rico}}

Notable people from Manatí include:

• Cecilia Callejo, dancer and actress
• José Miguel Class, singer
• Noel Cuevas, professional baseball player
• Manuel Ramos Otero, poet and LGBT activist
• Carlos Santana Becerra, judge
• Yara Sofia, drag queen
• Antonio Vélez Alvarado, father of the Puerto Rican flag
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• Carlos Beltrán, Professional Baseball Outfielder
• Neftalí Soto, Professional Baseball Player
• Iván Rodríguez, Professional Baseball Player
• José Valentin, Professional Baseball Player
• Luis Daniel Rivera, actor and politician

Playa, Manatí, 00674, Puerto Rico - panoramio (1).jpg|Mar Chiquita beach and bay in Manatí

Cueva de las golondrinas, Manati - panoramio.jpg|Cueva de las Golondrinas

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