Anasco, Puerto Rico (PR)

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General Information about Anasco

Añasco (ah-NYAHS-ko), named after one of its settlers, Don Luis de Añasco is a municipality of Puerto Rico located on the west coast of the island bordering the Mona Passage to the west, north of Mayagüez, and Las Marias; south of Rincón, Aguada, and Moca and west of San Sebastián and Las Marias. It is part of the Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastián Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The town was founded in October 18, 1733 and named after Don Luis de Añasco from Extremadura provence Spain. Don Luis de Añasco (who also founded Rincón in 1771) was from neighboring San Germán el Nuevo and proprietor of the land where the town of Añasco was founded in 1733 by initiative of the rich landowner Don José de Santiago. This property was located on the margins of the rio "Guaorabo" (This is how the river was called by the Taínos),today known as Río Grande de Añasco. But,the deed of incorporation of Añasco was signed in December of 1728 making official the birth of the town. In the 1700s Añasco was the 4th most populous Municipality in Puerto Rico (year 1765) after San Germán (5,950), San Juan (4,506), Aguada (4,272), Añasco (3,398), Ponce (3,314), Arecibo (3,170), Manatí (2,475), Guayama (2,404), and Coamo (2,189). The Añasco River was also the famous historical site of the Indian drowning of the Spaniard Diego Salcedo in 1511, proving the Spanish Soldiers were not Gods as had been earlier believed by the Taino Indians. A revolt soon arose being lead by the Taínos Cacique Chayoán and suppressed by Spanish soldiers. Many of the first settlers to the area came from the Canary Islands and the south of Spain.This is evident in the Forms of traditions and language. Most Puerto Rican immigration in the early 19th century involved Canary Islands' natives, who, like Puerto Ricans, had inherited most of their linguistic traits from Andalusia. Canarian influence is most present in the language of those Puerto Ricans who live in the central mountain region, who blended it with the remnant vocabulary of the Taíno. Puerto Rican and Canarian Spanish are strikingly similar. When visiting Tenerife or Las Palmas (Islas Canarias, Spain), Puerto Ricans are usually taken at first hearing for fellow-Canarians from a distant part of the Canary archipelago. Añasco also has the second largest plaza in Puerto Rico.

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