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Place Name
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Arecibo
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Pronunciation
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ah-re-SEE-boh
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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93,385 (1990)
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Location
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Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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unknown
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Arecibo
(ah-re-SEE-boh), city (1990 pop. 93,385), N P.R., a
port on the Atlantic Ocean, at the mouth of the Rio Grande de Arecibo.
It has liquor distilleries and is the commercial and industrial center
of a region mfg. (furniture, machinery, chemicals, apparel), food
processing; cattle. Arecibo Observatory, largest radar/radio
telescope in the world, is nearby. Arecibo was founded in 1616.
Cambalache (E) and Rio Abajo (S) forest reserves are nearby.
Lighthouse mus.; airport.
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