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Barranquitas is known as "La Cuna de Próceres" (cradle of great people). The town was founded in 1803 by Antonio Aponte Ramos.

 

Luis Muñoz Rivera former home has been converted into a museum and library. Nearby, the Mausoleo Familia Muñoz Rivera holds the bodies of Muñoz Rivera and his son Luis Muñoz Marín, the island's first elected governor.

 

Barranquitas is located in the central region, north of Aibonito and Coamo; south of Corozal and Naranjito; east of Orocovis; and west of Comerío. Its rivers are: Piñonas, Usabón, Rio Hondo, Barranquitas, La Plata and Grande de Manatí rivers.

 

Barranquitas is home of the largest canyon in Puerto Rico (and in the Caribbean), the San Cristóbal Canyon. Located between the towns of Aibonito and Barranquitas, the canyon is nine kilometers long and approximately 750 feet deep, with two rivers flowing through it. the Usabon and Barranquitas rivers. It is also home to the highest waterfall in Puerto Rico, right on the Río Usabón.