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| image1 = Yauco - Plaza 2.jpg
| image2 = Teatro Ideal - Yauco Puerto Rico.jpg
| image3 = Yauco - Catholic Church.jpg
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| image_caption = '''From top, left to right''': Fernando Pacheco Square; Teatro Ideal; [[Nuestra Señora del Rosario Church]]; and [[Casona Césari]] in [[Yauco barrio-pueblo|Yauco Pueblo]]
| image_flag = Bandera de Yauco, Puerto Rico.svg
| image_shield = Coat of arms of Yauco, Puerto Rico.svg
| nicknames = ''El Pueblo del Café'' (The Coffee Town),<br>''Capital Taína'' ([[Taíno]] Capital),<br> ''Los Corsos'' ([[Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico|The Corsicans]])
| anthem = ''"Pueblo de gestas gloriosas"''
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| map_caption = Map of Puerto Rico highlighting Yauco Municipality
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| subdivision_type = [[Sovereign state]]
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| subdivision_type1 = [[Commonwealth (United States insular area)|Commonwealth]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Puerto Rico}}
| established_title = Founded
| established_date = February 29, 1756
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| parts_type = [[Barrios of Puerto Rico|Barrios]]
| parts = 21 barrios
| p1 = [[Aguas Blancas, Yauco, Puerto Rico|Aguas Blancas]]
| p2 = [[Algarrobo, Yauco, Puerto Rico|Algarrobo]]
| p3 = [[Almácigo Alto]]
| p4 = [[Almácigo Bajo]]
| p5 = [[Barina, Yauco, Puerto Rico|Barina]]
| p6 = [[Caimito, Yauco, Puerto Rico|Caimito]]
| p7 = [[Collores, Yauco, Puerto Rico|Collores]]
| p8 = [[Diego Hernández, Yauco, Puerto Rico|Diego Hernández]]
| p9 = [[Duey, Yauco, Puerto Rico|Duey]]
| p10 = [[Frailes, Yauco, Puerto Rico|Frailes]]
| p11 = [[Jácana, Yauco, Puerto Rico|Jácana]]
| p12 = [[Naranjo, Yauco, Puerto Rico|Naranjo]]
| p13 = [[Quebradas, Yauco, Puerto Rico|Quebradas]]
| p14 = [[Ranchera, Yauco, Puerto Rico|Ranchera]]
| p15 = [[Río Prieto, Yauco, Puerto Rico|Río Prieto]]
| p16 = [[Rubias, Yauco, Puerto Rico|Rubias]]
| p17 = [[Sierra Alta]]
| p18 = [[Susúa Alta]]
| p19 = [[Susúa Baja, Yauco, Puerto Rico|Susúa Baja]]
| p20 = [[Vegas, Yauco, Puerto Rico|Vegas]]
| p21 = [[Yauco barrio-pueblo]]
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| leader_party = [[Partido Nuevo Progresista|PNP]]
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Angel Luis "Luigi" Torres Ortíz
| leader_title1 = Senatorial dist.
| leader_name1 = [[Puerto Rico Senatorial district V|5 – Ponce]]
| leader_title2 = Representative dist.
| leader_name2 = 21,23
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| area_magnitude =
| area_total_km2 = 178.1
| area_land_km2 = 176.5
| area_water_km2 = 1.6
| area_water_percent =
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| unit_pref = Imperial
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|title=PUERTO RICO: 2020 Census|url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/state-by-state/puerto-rico-population-change-between-census-decade.html|access-date=2021-08-25|website=The United States Census Bureau|language=EN-US}}</ref>
| population_total = 34,172
| population_as_of = 2020
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics1_title1 = [[2020 U.S. Census|2020 Census]]
| demographics1_info1 = 44.5% [[Multiracial Americans|Multiracial]]<br/>21.4% [[White Puerto Ricans|White]]<br/>4.7% [[Afro-Puerto Rican|Black]]<br/>0.6% [[Native Americans in the United States|American Ind]]/[[Alaska Native|AN]]<br/>0.1% [[Asian people|Asian]]<br/>28.7% Other
| population_demonym = Yaucanos
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| timezone1 = [[Atlantic Standard Time|AST]]
| utc_offset1 = -4
| postal_code_type = [[ZIP Code]]
| postal_code = 00698
| area_code = [[Telephone numbers in Puerto Rico|787/939]]
| blank_name_sec1 = [[List of highways in Puerto Rico|Major routes]]
| blank_info_sec1 = [[File:PR primary 2.svg|25px|link=Puerto Rico Highway 2]] [[File:Ellipse sign 121.svg|31px|link=Puerto Rico Highway 121]] [[File:Ellipse sign 127.svg|31px|link=Puerto Rico Highway 127]] [[File:Ellipse sign 128.svg|31px|link=Puerto Rico Highway 128]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.yaucoatuservicio.com}}
| footnotes =
| population_rank = [[Municipalities of Puerto Rico|36th]] in Puerto Rico
| population_metro = 86142
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'''Yauco''' ({{IPA-es|ˈʝawko}}) is a [[Yauco barrio-pueblo|town]] and [[Municipalities of Puerto Rico|municipality]] in southern [[Puerto Rico]]. Although the [[Yauco barrio-pueblo|downtown]] is inland, the municipality stretches to a southern coast facing the [[Caribbean Sea]]. Yauco is located south of [[Maricao, Puerto Rico|Maricao]], [[Lares, Puerto Rico|Lares]] and [[Adjuntas, Puerto Rico|Adjuntas]]; east of [[Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico|Sabana Grande]] and [[Guánica, Puerto Rico|Guánica]]; and west of [[Guayanilla, Puerto Rico|Guayanilla]]. The municipality consists of 20 barrios and [[Yauco barrio-pueblo|Yauco Pueblo]] (the downtown and administrative center of the municipality). It is both a principal town of the [[Yauco Metropolitan Statistical Area]] and the [[Ponce-Yauco-Coamo, PR CSA|Ponce-Yauco-Coamo Combined Statistical Area]].
It was founded by Fernando Pacheco on February 29, 1756, and developed for commodity crops of [[tobacco]], [[Sugarcane|sugar cane]], and [[Coffee production|coffee]]. Yauco became a center for [[Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico]] in the 19th century due to its geographical similarity to their homeland. [[Corsicans]] have contributed to many areas of life in Yauco, particularly to its [[Coffee production in Puerto Rico|coffee industry]]. This has played a role in the town's nicknames of ''El Pueblo del Café'' (Town of Coffee), and residents of the municipality are often referred to as ''Los Corsos'' (The
== Etymology and nicknames ==
'''Yauco''' was named after the [[Río Yauco|Yauco River]], which itself comes from the [[Taíno language|Taíno]] word ''{{lang|tnq|coayuco
==History==
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In 1755, the [[Spaniards|Spanish]] settlers of the region built a small chapel and named it ''Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario'' (Our Lady of the Holy Rosary). The settlers sent Fernando Pacheco as their representative to the Spanish Government, to request the establishment of a municipality, since they had satisfied one of the requirements for the establishment of a municipality, namely, to establish a place of worship. On February 29, 1756, the King of Spain granted the settlers their request and the town of Yauco was founded. Fernando Pacheco was named First Lieutenant of War of the new town.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ortizal.com/yauco.html|title= historia de Yauco|access-date= May 16, 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100314063925/http://www.ortizal.com/yauco.html|archive-date= March 14, 2010|url-status= live|df= mdy-all}}</ref>
From the mid-19th to the early 20th century, hundreds of [[Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico|Corsican]], [[Italy|Italian]], [[French immigration to Puerto Rico|French]], [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]], [[Irish immigration to Puerto Rico|Irish]], [[Scotland|Scots]], and [[German immigration to Puerto Rico|German]] immigrants arrived in Puerto Rico, attracted by the Spanish Crown's offer of free land to Catholic white European settlers. They settled mostly in the south
===19th century Corsican immigration===
{{main|Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico}}
The island of Puerto Rico is
Hundreds of Corsicans and their families immigrated to Puerto Rico from as early as 1830, and their numbers peaked in the 1850s, after European unrest following the [[Revolutions of 1848]], and environmental problems of lengthy drought. The Corsicans tended to settle in the mountainous southwestern region of the island, and Yauco attracted the majority of them.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.elyunque.com/coffee.htm|title= A Little History of Coffee and Agriculture in Puerto Rico|access-date= August 2, 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080704172837/http://elyunque.com/coffee.htm|archive-date= July 4, 2008|url-status= dead|df= mdy-all}}</ref> As noted, the three main crops were coffee, [[sugar cane]] and tobacco. The new settlers first worked on the farms, and some saved money in order to own and operate their own grocery stores. They began to specialize in cultivation of coffee as a commodity crop.
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===Spanish–American War===
[[File:Crónica de la guerra hispano-americana en Puerto Rico (page 222 crop).jpg|thumb|100px|Juan María Morciglio was one of the men who stayed.]]
{{main|Puerto Rico Campaign}}In 1898, upon the outbreak of the [[Spanish–American War]], [[Guánica]] was a small [[barrio]] within the municipality of Yauco. It had 60 houses in all and was defended only by eleven members of the 4th Volante de Yauco, a Puerto Rican militia unit, under the command of Lieutenant Enrique Méndez López. When the convoy with General [[Nelson A. Miles]], approached the barrio, [[Guánica Light|Guánica lighthouse]] keeper Robustiano Rivera immediately alerted its residents. Nearly all the residents abandoned their homes and joined Rivera to go to Yauco, where he broke the news of the invading forces to the town's mayor. Only Agustín Barrenechea, Vicente Ferrer, Juan María Morciglio, Simón Mejil, Salvador Muñoz, Cornelio Serrano and Pascual Elena stayed to welcome the invaders.<ref name="EDG">{{cite web|access-date=2008-08-02|url=http://home.coqui.net/sarrasin/desembarco.guanica.htm|title=El desembarco en Guánica|work=1898 La Guerra Hispano Americana en Puerto Rico|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100421161340/http://home.coqui.net/sarrasin/desembarco.guanica.htm|archive-date=April 21, 2010|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> [[File:Yauco Battlefield 1898.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Part of the Hacienda Desideria, owned by Antonio Mariani, where the Battle of Yauco took place in 1898]]
The first skirmish between Spanish/Puerto Rican and American armed forces was fought in that barrio between the Puerto Rican militia and twenty-eight sailors and [[United States Marine Corps|Marines]], under the command of Lieutenants H. P. Huse and Wood. They had come from the {{USS|Gloucester|1891|6}} on rafts and landed on the beach, where Lt. Méndez López and his men opened fire on the Americans. During the small battle which followed, the Americans returned fire with a machine gun and the ''Gloucester'' began to bombard the Spanish position. Lt. Méndez López and three of his men were wounded, and the militia unit retreated to the town of Yauco.
This was also the site of the first major land battle in Puerto Rico during the war between Spanish/Puerto Rican and American armed forces. On July 26, 1898, Spanish forces and Puerto Rican volunteers, led by Captain Salvador Meca and Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Puig, fought against American forces led by Brigadier General [[George A. Garretson]]. The Spanish forces engaged the 6th Massachusetts in a firefight at the Hacienda Desideria, owned by Antonio Mariani, in what became known as the [[Battle of Desideria|Battle of Yauco]] of the [[Puerto Rico Campaign]]. The casualties of Puig's forces were two officers and three soldiers wounded and two soldiers dead. The Spanish forces were ordered to retreat.<ref name="BY">{{cite web|url=http://www.spanamwar.com/puertoland2.htm|title=Battle of Yauco|access-date=July 30, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724113938/http://spanamwar.com/puertoland2.htm|archive-date=July 24, 2008|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
===Hurricane Maria===
Significant rainfall from [[Hurricane Maria]], on September 20, 2017, triggered numerous landslides in Yauco, leaving entire communities cut-off.<ref name="USGS_Maria_Landslides">{{cite web|title=Preliminary Locations of Landslide Impacts from Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico|url=https://landslides.usgs.gov/research/featured/2017/maria-pr/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303143147/https://landslides.usgs.gov/research/featured/2017/maria-pr/|archive-date=March 3, 2019|access-date=March 3, 2019|website=USGS Landslide Hazards Program|publisher=USGS}}</ref><ref name="USGS_Maria_Landslides map">{{cite web|title=Preliminary Locations of Landslide Impacts from Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico|url=https://landslides.usgs.gov/research/featured/2017/maria-pr/images/PR_Maria_LS_density_map.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303143147/https://landslides.usgs.gov/research/featured/2017/maria-pr/images/PR_Maria_LS_density_map.pdf|archive-date=March 3, 2019|access-date=March 3, 2019|website=USGS Landslide Hazards Program|publisher=USGS}}</ref> The [[Yauco River]] caused flooding that decimated entire neighborhoods.<ref name="END Yauco" />
===Earthquakes in 2019 and 2020===
{{Main|2019–20 Puerto Rico earthquakes}}
Multiple residences and structures in Yauco were damaged in a [[2019–20 Puerto Rico earthquakes|series of earthquakes with increasing magnitude]] that started on December 28, 2019 and culminating with a 6.4-magnitude earthquake that struck the island in the morning hours of January 7, 2020.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/nota/colapsanalmenosochoviviendasenyaucoporfuertesismo-2539181/|title=Colapsan al menos ocho viviendas en Yauco por fuerte sismo|date=January 7, 2020|website=El Nuevo Dia|access-date=January 7, 2020|archive-date=August 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822190613/https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/notas/unas-30-residencias-colapsaron-en-yauco-a-causa-del-terremoto/|url-status=live}}</ref> More than thirty-two residences collapsed and hundreds were structurally unsound after the earthquake struck near Yauco. To aid residents who were left without power or homeless, the [[Puerto Rico National Guard|National Guard]] was mobilized. A center for emergency operations was set up in the municipality's auditorium parking area, with air-conditioned tarps and tents for evacuated hospital patients and with food being cooked by [[World Central Kitchen]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wapa.tv/noticias/locales/alcalde-de-yauco-actualiza-informacion-de-danos-en-su-municipio_20131122467655.html|title=Alcalde de Yauco actualiza información de daños en su municipio|website=www.wapa.tv|language=es|access-date=January 8, 2020|archive-date=March 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302175729/https://www.wapa.tv/noticias/locales/alcalde-de-yauco-actualiza-informacion-de-danos-en-su-municipio_20131122467655.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Geography==
Yauco is a mountainous municipality located in the [[Cordillera Central (Puerto Rico)|Cordillera Central]] and bisected by the [[Río Yauco]]. Other rivers in the municipality are the [[Río Chiquito (Yauco, Puerto Rico)|Río Chiquito]], [[Río Duey (Yauco, Puerto Rico)|Duey Loco]] and [[Río Naranjo (Puerto Rico)|Río Naranjo]]. Hills in the area include Mount Membrillo, the highest point in the municipality and 9th highest peak in the island at 3,579 feet (1,090 m) of elevation,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Monte Membrillo (1611543)|url=https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/ngp/board-on-geographic-names/download-gnis-data|access-date=2021-09-11|website=www.usgs.gov/}}</ref> the [[Pico Rodadero|Rodadero Peak
===Barrios===
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===Sectors===
Barrios (which are like [[minor civil divisions]])<ref name="Barrio-Pueblo">{{cite web |title=US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm |website=factfinder.com |publisher=US Census |access-date=5 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513190743/https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm |archive-date=13 May 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and subbarrios,<ref name="Census map">{{cite web |title=P.L. 94-171 VTD/SLD Reference Map (2010 Census): Yauco Municipio, PR |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/vtd_sld/st72_spanish/c72153_yauco/PL10VTDSP_C72153_001.pdf |website=www2.census.gov |publisher=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=22 August 2020 |archive-date=August 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822190545/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/vtd_sld/st72_spanish/c72153_yauco/PL10VTDSP_C72153_001.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Special Communities===
{{See also|Puerto Rico Office for Socioeconomic and Community Development}}
{{lang|es|Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico}} (Special Communities of Puerto Rico) are marginalized communities whose citizens are experiencing a certain amount of [[social exclusion]]. A map shows these communities occur in nearly every municipality of the commonwealth. Of the 742 places that were on the list in 2014, the following barrios, communities, sectors, or neighborhoods were in Yauco: Diego Hernández, Frailes, Ranchera, Sector Primitivo Irizarry in Quebradas, El Pozo, Sector Cantera, Pueblo Norte (El Cerro), and Río Prieto.<ref>{{Citation|author1=Rivera Quintero, Marcia|title=El vuelo de la esperanza:Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997–2004|year=2014|publication-date=2014| publisher=San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón| edition=1st|page=273|isbn=978-0-9820806-1-0}}</ref><ref name="wordpress.com">{{cite web|url=https://cpprbib.wordpress.com/biblioteca-virtual/guias-tematicas/comunidades-especiales/comunidades-especiales-de-puerto-rico/|title=Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico|date=8 August 2011|language=es|access-date=24 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624004414/https://cpprbib.wordpress.com/biblioteca-virtual/guias-tematicas/comunidades-especiales/comunidades-especiales-de-puerto-rico/|archive-date=24 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Demographics==
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2016/PEPANNRES/0500000US72005|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426102944/http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|archivedate=April 26, 2015}}</ref><br />1899 (shown as 1900)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|title=Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899|publisher=War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716033905/https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|archive-date=July 16, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> 1910–1930<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|title=Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817181600/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|archive-date=August 17, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><br />1930-1950<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|title=Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150830033735/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|archive-date=August 30, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> 1960–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|title=Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724061852/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|archive-date=July 24, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> 2010<ref name= "US2010Census">{{cite book|title=Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf|url=https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|year=2010|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=December 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220183043/https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|archive-date=February 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
2020<ref>{{Cite web
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]] the population of Yauco in the year 2000 was 46,384 persons, decreasing to 42,043 persons in [[2010 United States Census|2010]], a net loss of 4,341 people or 9.36% of its population. The urban zone accounted for 17,186 of its inhabitants in the 2010 census.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |title=U.S. Census website |access-date=September 17, 2012 |df=mdy-all |archive-date=December 27, 1996 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/http://www.census.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The 2020 census indicated the population was 34,172 a decline of 18.7% from the 2010 census.<ref>{{Cite
==Tourism==
[[File:Yaucromatic.jpg|thumb|"Yaucomatric" in {{lang|es|Cerro de Yauco}} in Yauco barrio-pueblo|left]]
[[File:Casa Agostini - Yauco Puerto Rico.jpg|thumb|Casa Agostini in Yauco|left]]
Following [[Hurricane Maria]], in order to lift up their spirits, Yauco's artists worked on "Yaucromatic", a project to paint colorful murals in {{lang|es|Cerro de Yauco}} in Yauco barrio-pueblo.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.puertoricodaytrips.com/yaucromatic/ |title=Yaucromatic2: A Riot of Colors in Yauco |access-date=July 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705163233/https://www.puertoricodaytrips.com/yaucromatic/ |archive-date=July 5, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Landmarks and places of interest===
There are 2 beaches in Yauco, including {{lang|es|Playa Ballenas}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/puerto-rico/nota/las1200playasdepuertorico-1216285/|title=Las 1,200 playas de Puerto Rico [The 1200 beaches of Puerto Rico]|date=April 14, 2017|website=Primera Hora|language=es|access-date=December 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212200804/https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/puerto-rico/nota/las1200playasdepuertorico-1216285/|archive-date=December 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
'''At [[Yauco barrio-pueblo|Yauco Pueblo]] (the historic downtown):'''
* [[Casona Césari|Cesari House]], historic house from 1893.
* [[Chalet Amill]], Beax Arts-style house from 1914.
* Cuesta Los Judios (Spanish for "ascent of the [[History of the Jews in Puerto Rico|Jews]]"), next to ''Reparto La Esperanza'' it has a length of 0.21 kilometres.
* [[Filardi House]], Beaux Arts-style house from 1916.
* [[Casa Franceschi Antongiorgi|Franceschi Antongiorgi House]], Beaux Arts-style house from 1907.
* [[Residencia González Vivaldi|González Vivaldi House]], Criollo-style house from 1880.
* [[Logia Masónica Hijos de la Luz]], the historic masonic lodge from 1894.
* [[Casa Agostini|Negroni Mansion]], also known as the Agostini House, a Classical Revival-style house designed by Miguel Briganti Pinti.
* [[Church Nuestra Señora del Rosario of Yauco|Nuestra Señora del Rosario Church]] and City Hall at ''Plaza Fernando Pacheco.''
* Nuestra Señora del Rosario Hermitage Ruins, just outside the city center, today a museum and ruins.
* Santísimo Rosario School, a school located in a historic building.
* [[Teatro Ideal]], a historic theater which was inaugurated on April 24, 1920.<ref name="PBS 2021">{{cite web | title=Los Cascos Urbanos Hablan: Yauco (2/3) | website=PBS LearningMedia | date=February 10, 2021 | url=https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/2a572800-333a-4fc1-bd37-ac5246207d5c/los-cascos-urbanos-hablan-yauco-23/ | access-date=March 7, 2023|language=es}}</ref>
* ''Yaucromatic'' painted houses and murals.
'''Elsewhere in Yauco:'''
*Apiturismo honey production farm dedicated to [[agritourism]].
*Atolladora Beach, shared with Guayanilla.
*[[Guilarte State Forest]], shared with Adjuntas, Guayanilla and Peñuelas.
*Hacienda Mireia, also known as Hacienda La Juanita, a historic plantation, is a 50-acre coffee farm.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.pr1459.photos/?sp=2|title=2. LIVING ROOM - Hacienda Cafetalera Santa Clara, House, Km 19,PR Rte. 372, Hacienda La Juanita, Yauco Municipio, PR|website=Library of Congress|access-date=July 31, 2019|archive-date=August 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822190543/https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.pr1459.photos/?sp=2|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Lake Luchetti]], a reservoir and wildlife refuge named after engineer [[Antonio S. Luchetti]].
*Mario "Ñato" Ramírez Torres Municipal Stadium
*Mount Membrillo, the highest mountain in the municipality and 9th tallest in Puerto Rico.
*[[Pico Rodadero]], the second highest mountain in the municipality.
*Raúl "Pipote" Oliveras Vera Coliseum
*[[Susúa State Forest]], shared with [[Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico|Sabana Grande]].
*Tozza Castle, replica of a small castle in Corsica, built by the Gilormini family.
*Volkyland Museum, dedicated to the [[Volkswagen]] [[Volkswagen Beetle|Beetle]] or Bug.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g2208884-d2202847-Reviews-Volkylandia_Volkswagen_Museum-Yauco_Puerto_Rico.html |title=Volkylandia Volkswagen Museum (Yauco) - 2021 All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (With Photos) |access-date=August 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105212023/http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g2208884-d2202847-Reviews-Volkylandia_Volkswagen_Museum-Yauco_Puerto_Rico.html |archive-date=November 5, 2015 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
To stimulate local tourism
==Economy==
Yauco's main crops are coffee, plantains, oranges and tobacco. Yauco coffees are a revived specialty origin that, at best, display the qualities that made [[Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee|Jamaica Blue Mountain]] famous: A deep, vibrant, yet restrained acidity and balanced, gently rich flavor. However, this potentially finest of Caribbean coffees is often marred by inconsistency.<ref>{{cite web | title = Yauco, Yauco Selecto, Puerto Rico Yauco | url = http://www.coffeeglossary.net/Y/yauco-yauco-selecto-puerto-rico-yauco.html | access-date = September 8, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100922084826/http://www.coffeeglossary.net/Y/yauco-yauco-selecto-puerto-rico-yauco.html | archive-date =September 22, 2010 | url-status = live | df = mdy-all }}</ref> Coffee production and sales from Yauco reached faraway places such as Europe in the 19th century and many non-Yauco coffee producers even tried to link their products to the city.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/15588299
Yauco also produces textiles and other light manufactured materials.
[[Sartorius AG|Sartorius]] pharmaceuticals, located in Yauco, expanded their current operations there in mid 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://cb.pr/gobernador-inaugura-expansion-de-empresa-alemana-en-puerto-rico/ |title=
==Culture==
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=== DNA Ancestry Tests ===
Recent genealogical DNA-based testing, which look at specific locations of a person's genome, in order to find or verify ancestral genealogical relationships or to estimate the ethnic mixture of an individual, have found significant [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]], [[Spaniards|Spanish]], [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]], [[Corsicans|Corsican]], [[Irish people|Irish]], [[Scottish people|Scottish]], [[Germanic peoples|Germanic]] European, [[Italians|Italian]], [[North Africa
These ethnicities have significantly influenced the local culture, to include food, art, some words used in the language, customs, beliefs, and music.
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{{main category|People from Yauco, Puerto Rico}}
The following is a list of people born in Yauco.
*[[Elmer Román]] (born 1972) - 26th Secretary of State of Puerto Rico and 2nd Secretary of Public Safety of Puerto Rico
*[[Johnny Albino]] (1919–2011) – [[bolero]] vocalist
*[[Benny Ayala]] (born 1951) – [[1983 World Series]]-winning left fielder for the [[Baltimore Orioles]]
*[[Carmelo Filardi]] - cartoonist who published El Mundo in 1927
*[[Harry Fraticelli]] (born 1944) - singer and musician
*[[Mihiel Gilormini]] (1918–1988) – airman of [[World War II]]. Founded the [[Puerto Rico Air National Guard]]
*[[Francisco Lluch Mora]] (1924–2006) – poet and history professor
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==Gallery==
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Street in Yauco barrio-pueblo.jpg|Street in downtown Yauco
Antonio Mattei Lluberas.jpg|[[Antonio Mattei Lluberas]], leader of the [[Intentona de Yauco]]
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==External links==
* [https://archive.today/20200212040600/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=05000US72153&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-PH1&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-redoLog=false&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_GCTPH1_CO2&-format=CO-2 Yauco and its barrios, United States Census Bureau]
* [https://www.facebook.com/pg/GobiernoMunicipalDeYauco/about/?ref=page_internal Yauco Municipality on Facebook]
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