Our Municipality
Our Municipality
History, barrios, and facts about Río Grande, founded in 1840.
Welcome to Río Grande
Río Grande is the gateway to El Yunque, the only tropical rainforest in the U.S. National Forest System. It is also a coastal destination: miles of beaches, the río Espíritu Santo, four championship golf courses, and three of Puerto Rico’s leading resorts.
Above all, we are a community of hardworking, welcoming people, founded in 1840 and proud of our nine barrios. On this website, you will find your municipal government’s services and everything you need to live, visit, and invest in our city.
Río Grande in numbers
- Founded
- 1840
- Barrios
- 9
- Residents (2020 Census)
- 47,060
- From San Juan airport
- 30 min
- Championship golf courses
- 4
- Rooms across three resorts
- 1,100+
Our location
Río Grande is in eastern Puerto Rico, in the Llanos Costeros del Norte, facing the Atlantic Ocean. To the south and southeast rise the mountains of the Sierra de Luquillo, including El Toro and El Yunque.
History and communities
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History of Río Grande
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Our barrios
Official names, descriptions, and an authorized map of the nine barrios.
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