Aibonito, Puerto Rico

Church San José of Aibonito, on the town plaza of Aibonito, Puerto Rico, was built over the ten-year period from 1897–1897. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1984.It is one of five churches designed by State Architect Pedro Cobreros. It was built from 1887 to 1897, and includes two aisles and a nave.It is one of 31 churches reviewed for listing on the National Register in 1984.

Aibonito barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center (seat) of Aibonito, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,539.As was customary in Spain, in Puerto Rico, the municipality has a barrio called pueblo which contains a central plaza, the municipal buildings (city hall), and a Catholic church. Fiestas patronales (patron saint festivals) are held in the central plaza every year.

The Carretera Central is a historic north–south central highway in Puerto Rico, linking the cities of San Juan and Ponce by way of Río Piedras, Caguas, Cayey, Aibonito, Coamo, and Juana Díaz. It crosses the Cordillera Central. Plans for the road started in the first half of the 19th century, and the road was fully completed in 1898.: 7  At the time the United States took possession of Puerto Rico in 1898, the Americans called it "the finest road in the Western Hemisphere."A portion of the Carretera Central from partway through Caguas to the end of Juana Díaz was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2019.

Villa Julita, also known as Casa Ulrich, is a private building in Aibonito, Puerto Rico which is on the National Register of Historic Places. Currently in good condition and located at its original site, it was designed by architect Alfredo Wiechers Pieretti and built by Salvador Lando, in 1915, for the Vendrell-Suárez family. The architect who was a native of Ponce, had studied in Paris, and won a gold medal for his achievements in 1905. He graduated in 1905 and worked in Barcelona with Eric Sangier until 1911. Villa Julita is a mansion built of wood with some of its facade in concrete: the colonnade, the stairway and the balustrade. These elements give it a neoclassical look to what is a Creole style structure, following in the tradition of haciendas and summer houses of the time. In 1917, the residence was sold to the Wirshing Serrallés family.In 1950, the Ulrich Foundation allowed it to host conscientious objectors of the wars of Korea and Vietnam. The Mennonite Foundation bought the property in 1972 and used this land to carry out instruction and guidance to farmers. The Mennonites are responsible for introducing modern methods for the mass production of fruits and plants, as well as artificial insemination techniques for livestock.Harry Nussbaum and Linda Ulrich, the current owners purchased it in 1974 and spent four years restoring it.It is now a children's preschool. Villa Julita maintains its elegance and serves as a testimony to a time when Aibonito was a favorite summer holiday for well-to-do families.

Pasto is a barrio in the municipality of Aibonito, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,184.

Llanos is a barrio in the municipality of Aibonito, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 6,840.

Caonillas is a barrio in the municipality of Aibonito, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,424.

Robles is a barrio in the municipality of Aibonito, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,863.

The Río de Aibonito is a river of Aibonito, Puerto Rico.

Algarrobo is a barrio in the municipality of Aibonito, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 383.

Plata (also La Plata) is a barrio in the municipality of Aibonito, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,724.

San Cristóbal Canyon (Spanish: Cañón San Cristóbal) is a canyon carved by the Usabón River and numerous other rivers and creeks in central Puerto Rico. San Cristóbal Canyon and the neighboring Las Bocas Canyon are part of a larger canyon system belonging to the La Plata River basin in the Cordillera Central mountain range. San Cristóbal is the deepest land canyon in the Caribbean, and it is home to some of the tallest waterfalls in Puerto Rico. Despite this superlative and there being more than 696 species of flora and 144 species of fauna that call the canyon habitat home it was used as a landfill dump between 1954 and 1974, and it was not until 1978 that it became protected by the government of Puerto Rico.