Everything about Cata O Puerto Rico totally explained
Cataño is a municipality (
municipio) located on northern coast of
Puerto Rico bordering the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent to the north and east by
San Juan; north of
Bayamón and
Guaynabo; east of
Toa Baja and west of
Guaynabo and is part of the
San Juan Metropolitan Area. Cataño is spread over 7 wards and Cataño Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city).
Cataño is known for its industry, its ferry service that connects old San Juan, its extraordinary and breathtaking vistas along its shore of colonial old San Juan across the bay, and its many Protestant churches and catholic cathedrals. Cataño has a considerable number of
Christians among its population, and because of it's large number of churches, it attracts worshipers not only from town but from the metropolitan area as well.
History
In land area it's the smallest municipality in Puerto Rico. The city was founded in
1927 as "Hato de Palmas de Cataño", but officially shortened to "Cataño" when it was established. The city is known as "La Antesala de la Capital" (the
Foyer of the Capital) because of its location across the bay from the capital of
Puerto Rico, the city of
San Juan.
Symbols
Flag
The flag reproduces the colors and stripes of the Coat of Arms. It has the same nine horizontal stripes: four blue stripes and five white stripes (substituting for the silver color). A white band diagonally traverses the drape in all its extension, from the upper hoist to the lower fly.
Coat of Arms
The Coat Of Arms of Cataño consists of nine horizontal stripes of same the width: four of blue and five of silver.
Anthem
By Carmen I. Guzmán & Nick Jiménez Olmeda
Benemérito mi pueblo
antesala de San Juan.
La quietud de tus playas
y la brisa de tu mar.
Saludan al viajero
y a nuestra capital.
Cataño, Cataño,
Serás por siempre ejemplar
cuna de grandes figuras
y de belleza sin par.
Cataño, Cataño,
vigilante de San Juan.
Quien te haya conocido
jamás te podrá olvidar.
Noble y querido pueblo
majestuoso e importante.
Te yergues en la bahía
aún en la adversidad
mostrándote ante tu gente
que nunca te olvidarán.
Cataño, Cataño,
serás por siempre ejemplar.
Cuna de grandes atletas
y de sabor musical.
Cataño, Cataño,
vigilante de San Juan
quien te haya conocido
jamás de podrá olvidar.
Demographics
Barrios (Districts/Wards)
- Cataño Pueblo
- Palmas (sectors)
- Las Vegas
- Marina Bahia
- Vista del Morro
- El Coqui II
- El Coqui
- Cucharillas
- Juana Matos
- Puente Blanco
- Puntilla
- William Fuertes
- Mansiones
- Valparaiso
- Dos Rios
- Pradera
- Bay View
- Bahia
Geo/Topography
Rivers are: Bayamón and El Caño de Cataño.
Matienzo Cintron
Economy
Industrial
Cataño has one of the largest groups of manufacturers in Puerto Rico.
Bacardi has a rum manufacturing plant there, and many other companies, both locally-owned and otherwise, have plants there.
Transportation
Cataño's ferry service is known as
La Lancha de Cataño, or the Ferry of Cataño. Despite what the name may lead to believe, there's actually a number of ferries, not just one, that operate on the five minute harbor route between Cataño and old San Juan and vice-versa daily. There is a large ferry terminal at Cataño, and tourists can enjoy the view of the
Castillo del Morro and the large cruise ships docked at the old San Juan terminal during this journey.
Tourism
Landmarks and places of interest
Bacardi Distillery
Boardwalk
City Hall
Cunda Fish Market
Nereida Avenue
Perucho Cepeda Stadium
Pedro Rodriguez Gaya Boxing Colisseum
Cosme Beitia Salamo Colisseum
Monument to Taíno Culture ("India Taína")
Festivals and events
San Juan Night - June
Matron Festivities - July
Fishermen Tournament - July
Bacardí Artisans Fair - December
Notable "Catañeses"
Ileana Colón Carlo, CPA - first female state controller
Julio Rosado del Valle
Pedro Juan Soto
Salvador de Jesús
Edwin Rivera Sierra
Edwin "El Nene" Blasini - notable percusionist
Domingo Apellaniz
Eladio Perez - notable percusionist
Francisco "Pancho" Agosto - late professional baseball player
Wilson Soto Molina - first "Catañes" in the Puerto Rico's House of Representative and current city Mayor
Esteban "TARILO" Ruiz Colon
Trivia
From 1924-25 the movie "Aloha de los Mares del Sur" was filmed in Cataño.
Further Information
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