Yauco, Puerto Rico

Yauco Municipio Autónomo de Yauco
Municipality
From top, left to right: Fernando Pacheco Square; Teatro Ideal; Nuestra Señora del Rosario Church; and Casona Césari in Yauco Pueblo
Flag Coat of arms
Nicknames:  El Pueblo del Café (The Coffee Town), Capital Taína (Taíno Capital), Los Corsos (The Corsicans)
Anthem: "Pueblo de gestas gloriosas"
Map of Puerto Rico highlighting Yauco Municipality
Coordinates: 18°2′13″N 66°51′1″W / 18.03694°N 66.85028°W / 18.03694; -66.85028
Sovereign state	United States
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Founded	February 29, 1756
Barrios	21 barrios Aguas Blancas Algarrobo Almácigo Alto Almácigo Bajo Barina Caimito Collores Diego Hernández Duey Frailes Jácana Naranjo Quebradas Ranchera Río Prieto Rubias Sierra Alta Susúa Alta Susúa Baja Vegas Yauco barrio-pueblo
Government
• Mayor	Angel Luis "Luigi" Torres Ortíz (PNP)
• Senatorial dist.	5 – Ponce
• Representative dist.	21,23
Area
• Municipality	68.8 sq mi (178.1 km2)
• Land	68.1 sq mi (176.5 km2)
• Water	0.6 sq mi (1.6 km2)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Municipality	34,172
• Rank	36th in Puerto Rico
• Density	500/sq mi (190/km2)
• Metro	86,142
Demonym	Yaucanos
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
ZIP Code	00698
Area code	787/939
Major routes
Website	www.yaucoatuservicio.com

Yauco (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈʝawko]) is a town and municipality in southern Puerto Rico. Although the downtown is inland, the municipality stretches to a southern coast facing the Caribbean Sea. Yauco is located south of Maricao, Lares and Adjuntas; east of Sabana Grande and Guánica; and west of Guayanilla. The municipality consists of 20 barrios and 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 Combined Statistical Area.

It was founded by Fernando Pacheco on February 29, 1756, and developed for commodity crops of tobacco, sugar cane, and 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 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 Corsicans).