DEPARTMENTS. POP. CHIEF TOWNS. POP.
Ponce............................... 160,140
( Aguadilla....................... 16,000
Aeuadilla........................ 86,551 i 1 ,are<. ............................. 17,000
I Mayaguez.........................28,000
Mayaguez........................ 116,982 -j gan German............. 20,000
'Cabo Rojo ................... 17,000
Ponce............................... 43>ooo
Yauco............................. 25,000
Juana Diaz..................... 21,000
^Adjuntas...................... 16,000
„ a ( Guayama........................ 14,000
Guayama......................... 98>8I4 -| Caguas............................ 15,000
Humacao........................ 88,270 Humacao........................ 15,000
806,708
T h e island of Vieques was a sub-department of
Humacao, and used chiefly as a military penal station.
T h e discrepancy between the aggregate of
the table and the total population previously given
belongs to the official statements.
C H A P T E R X X V
PORTS AND TOWNS OF PUERTO RICO
fH E only inlet on the whole coast of Puerto Rico
that affords a landlocked harbour is that on
which Ponce de Leon established his headquarters.
It has a narrow, winding channel, but the basin within
is deep and spacious. Though there is a lofty background
of hills at a distance, and E l Yunque, the
highest summit on the island, is visible, the land
about the bay is low and swampy, except on the
west, where the islands of Cabra and Cabrita are
made virtually part of the mainland b y connecting
sand-banks. T h e harbour is inclosed to the eastward
of the channel by a coralline island, connected
now with the main shore by a causeway and the
Bridge of San Antonio. I t was on the western
point of this island, by the harbour entrance, that
San Juan Bautista de Puerto Rico was first founded,
and there the capital city, generally called simply
San Juan, still stands, though it has grown beyond
the ancient walls which constituted part of the fortifications
of Santa Catalina. Morro Castle is still
close to the city inclosure, as are all the defences of
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