History

Cidra was founded in 1809.

Flag
The Municipal Seal shines on the flag uniting all three stripes, and the whole is ended with yellow fringes. The green evokes the landscape which is green throughout the year and which covers all the land with a immense variety of colored flowers. It is the reason why the town is called "Town Of The Eternal Spring". The gold color refers to the richness of its fruits and hydrography as well as the spiritual wealth of the region and its citizenship. The brown alludes to the Virgin Carmen, patron of the cidreños, and to the Savannah Dove, which is a unique species in the world that has its habitat in this municipality.

Coat of Arms
Over the red band it has a gold "cidra" and a cornucopia with its fruit in natural color, which alludes that Cidra is one of the mayor producer of fruit of the Island. In the superior right is placed a scapulary that evokes the Virgin Carmen, patron of the town, and a black bishop hat that alludes to San Juan Nepomuceno, bishop and martyr. In the left inferior part, on a blue bottom, is locatd a brown Savannah Dove which nests in the Cidra area. This dove flies over a mountain of three tips, which indicates the location of the municipality in the Central Mountain Range. The blue and silver waves symbolize the aquatic wealth of Cidra. All this is capped by a three-tower crown.

Barrios (Districts/Wards)

• Arenas
• Bayamón
• Beatriz
• Ceiba
• Monte Llano
• Rabanal
• Rincón
• Río Abajo
• Salto
• Sud
• Toita

Geo/Topography

• Cidra Lagoon
• Cidra Lake
• Ravines: Bocana & Galindo
• Rivers are: Arroyata, Bayamón and de la Plata

Agriculture
Agriculture (citrics)

Industrial
Apparel and pharmaceuticals.

Tourism

Landmarks and places of interest

• Ceiba Tree
• Cidra Lagoon
• Hamacas Bridge
• Iberia Theater
• Parish

Festivals and events

• Myrna Vázquez Week - February
• Matron Festivities - July
• Savannah Dove Festival - November

Notable Cidreños

• Benjamín López - Writer & poet
• Francisco María Zeno - Periodista
• Luis López Santos - Baseball player
• Myrna Vázquez Díaz - Actress
• Nicolás Ortíz - Writer
• Pedro Vázquez Urbina - Writer
• Victor Serrano - Writer
• Viviana Vázquez - Possible donor of the town's land

Cidra, Puerto Rico. (2006, September 13). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 18:24, October 18, 2006, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cidra%2C_Puerto_Rico&oldid=75577427