Loíza, Puerto Rico

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Loíza, Puerto Rico is a coastal municipality on the northeastern shore of the island known for its rich Afro-Puerto Rican culture, traditional Bomba music and dance, and vibrant festivals.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Loíza, Puerto Rico canonical 13

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
areaCode 787 ⓘ
939 ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
borders Canóvanas, Puerto Rico ⓘ
Carolina, Puerto Rico ⓘ
Río Grande, Puerto Rico ⓘ
celebrates Santiago Apóstol festival ⓘ
climate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
country Puerto Rico ⓘ
foundedBy Gaspar de Arredondo y Valdés ⓘ
governedBy Mayor of Loíza ⓘ
hasBeach Playa Aviones ⓘ
Playa Vacía Talega ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage African heritage ⓘ
Spanish heritage ⓘ
Taíno heritage ⓘ
hasDemonym loiceña ⓘ
loiceño ⓘ
hasEcosystem coastal wetlands ⓘ
mangrove forest ⓘ
hasMunicipalSeat Loíza barrio-pueblo ⓘ
linked to: Loíza
hasProtectedArea Piñones State Forest ⓘ
hasRiver Río Cangrejos ⓘ
Río Grande de Loíza ⓘ
Río Herrera ⓘ
hasSymbol coat of arms of Loíza ⓘ
flag of Loíza ⓘ
hasTraditionalFood alcapurrias ⓘ
bacalaítos ⓘ
empanadillas ⓘ
hasTraditionalMusic Bomba ⓘ
Plena ⓘ
knownFor Afro-Puerto Rican culture ⓘ
Bomba dance ⓘ
Bomba music ⓘ
linked to: Bomba dance

Fiestas de Santiago Apóstol ⓘ
coconut crafts ⓘ
traditional festivals ⓘ
vejigante masks ⓘ
locatedIn Caribbean ⓘ
Loíza Valley ⓘ
linked to: Loíza
locatedOn northeastern coast of Puerto Rico ⓘ
namedAfter Loíza, Taíno woman or cacica ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
partOf San Juan–Caguas–Guaynabo metropolitan area ⓘ
postalCode 00772 ⓘ
subdivisionType municipality of Puerto Rico ⓘ
timeZone Atlantic Standard Time ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic Time Zone

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carraízo Reservoir → serves → Loíza, Puerto Rico ⓘ
subject linked to: Carraízo reservoir
Río Grande de Loíza → flowsThrough → Loíza, Puerto Rico ⓘ
Río Grande de Loíza → mouthLocation → Loíza, Puerto Rico ⓘ
Río Grande de Loíza → crossesMunicipality → Loíza, Puerto Rico ⓘ
Canóvanas, Puerto Rico → separatedFrom → Loíza, Puerto Rico ⓘ
Canóvanas, Puerto Rico → isNear → Loíza, Puerto Rico ⓘ
Canóvanas, Puerto Rico → borderedBy → Loíza, Puerto Rico ⓘ
Loiceño → denotesInhabitantOf → Loíza, Puerto Rico ⓘ
Bomba dance → associatedWith → Loíza, Puerto Rico ⓘ
Fiestas de Santiago Apóstol → associatedWith → Loíza, Puerto Rico ⓘ
Bomba → regionAssociatedWith → Loíza, Puerto Rico ⓘ
Río Grande, Puerto Rico → borders → Loíza, Puerto Rico ⓘ