Orocovis (from the Taino chief Orocobix) is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the center of the island. Founded by Juan Rivera de Santiago in 1825. Orocovis is spread over 17 barrios. It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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This mountainous municipality, known as the heart of Puerto Rico, is the geographic center of the Island, located amid the Sierra de Cayey mountain range. The area is home to four rivers and two lakes (the result of dams).

Es conocido como el “Corazón de Puerto Rico” y el “Centro Geográfico de Puerto Rico”, por estar ubicado, precisamente, en el centro de la Isla. Su patrono es San Juan Bautista. Territorialmente, se extiende a través de unas 63 millas cuadradas. Su población general es de 23,844 orocoveños (censo 2000).

Rector de la Universidad de Puerto Rico de 1974 -1978. Miembro de de la Academia Puertorriqueña de la Lengua Española. Fue secretario permanente del Consejo Superior de Enseñanza, director de la Oficina de Investigaciones Pedagógicas, asesor de la UNESCO, presidente del Consejo General del Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico (1987-1989 ...

Orocovis is known as "El Pueblo Corazón" (heart town). Orocovis was founded in 1825 by Juan Rivera de Santiago. Derives its name from a local Indian Chief Orocovix (Orocobix). Orocovis is located in the Central Mountain Range, north of Villalba and Coamo; south of Morovis and Corozal; southeast of Ciales; east of Jayuya; and west of Barranquitas.

Orocovis is a barrio in the municipality of Orocovis, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,658. [3][4][5] Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) [6] in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (sectors in English).

Basic historical facts about the town of Orocovis, Puerto Rico. Its foundation, important personalities and more.