Arecibo
| Arecibo | |||
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Location in Puerto Rico
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1616 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| Outside area : | Puerto Rico | ||
| Coordinates : | 18 ° 28 ′ N , 66 ° 43 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Atlantic Standard Time ( UTC − 4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 90,000 (as of 2015) | ||
| Population density : | 275.9 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 443.7 km 2 (approx. 171 mi 2 ) of which 326.2 km 2 (approx. 126 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 7 m | ||
| FIPS : | 72-03368 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1609525 | ||
| Mayor : | Carlos Molina (since 2013, as of 2016) | ||
Arecibo is a port city on the north coast of Puerto Rico .
In the district of Arecibo, 15 km south of the city, is the famous Arecibo observatory , location of the films GoldenEye and Contact . In the vicinity of Arecibo is also a launch site for sounding rockets , from which numerous sounding rockets of the types Nike Apache , Nike Javelin , Nike Iroquois , Nike Tomahawk , Black Brant , Terrier Orion and Taurus Orion have been launched since 1966 .
sons and daughters of the town
- Manuel Zeno Gandía (1855–1930), doctor and writer
- Myrta Silva (1923–1987), singer and composer
- Cheíto González (1935–1962), singer, guitarist and composer