Arecibo

The municipality of Arecibo , on the island of Puerto Rico (International Code: PR.AC) covers a surface of 329 km ² and gathers 100.131 inhabitants (with the December 31st 2006).

History

Geography

detailed Article: Geography of Puerto Rico

Economy

Tourism

• the Radiotélescope of Arecibo is famous in the whole world because of its size, and its mission of collection of extraterrestrial signals within the framework of the program SETI. In the popular culture, it appeared in many films, of which most famous are GoldenEye and Contact .

Culture

External bonds

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