Villalba, Puerto Rico

Villalba barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center (seat) of Villalba, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 729.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.

Walter McK. Jones School (Spanish: Escuela Walter McK. Jones) is a historic school building located in Villalba Pueblo, the administrative and historic center of the municipality of Villalba, Puerto Rico. The school was designed by famed Puerto Rican architect Rafael Carmoega and built in 1926, with additional modifications finished in 1947. The school is a prime example of the early 20th century school architecture in Puerto Rico, and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 29, 2013.

Villalba Arriba is a barrio in the municipality of Villalba, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 5,938.

Hato Puerco is a barrio in the municipality of Villalba, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 7,728.

The Río Toa Vaca (Spanish: Río Toa Vaca) is a river of Villalba and Coamo, Puerto Rico.

Hato Puerco is a barrio in the municipality of Villalba, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,764.

Vacas is a barrio in the municipality of Villalba, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,049.

Villalba is a barrio in the municipality of Villalba, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,880.

Cerro El Bolo is the highest peak in the municipality of Villalba, Puerto Rico, raising to 1,075 meters (3,527 ft) above sea level. It is part of the Toro Negro State Forest, and is the 10th tallest mountain in Puerto Rico.

Cerro Doña Juana is the highest peak in the municipality of Orocovis, Puerto Rico, rising to 1,058 meters (3,471 ft) above sea level. It is part of the Toro Negro State Forest, and is the 12th tallest mountain in Puerto Rico.

Toro Negro State Forest (Spanish: Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro) is one of the 21 forests that make up the public forests system in Puerto Rico. It is also Puerto Rico's highest cloud forest. It is in the Cordillera Central region of the island and covers 8,204 cuerdas (7,968 acres; 3,224 ha; 32.24 km2), of mountains. Toro Negro's mountains have heights reaching up to 4,400 feet (1,300 m) and include Cerro de Punta, Cerro Jayuya and Cerro Rosa, the three highest peaks in the island. Nested among these mountains is Lake Guineo, the island's highest lake. The forest has 18 kilometers (11 mi) of trails, an observation tower, two natural swimming pools (Spanish:"charcos"), camping and picnic areas, nine rivers, and numerous creeks and waterfalls. The forest spans areas within the municipalities of Ponce, Jayuya, Orocovis, Ciales, and Juana Díaz, and consists of seven non-contiguous tracts of land. The largest contiguous segment of the forest is located in the municipalities of Ponce and Jayuya. Some 40% of the area of Toro Negro State Forest is located in Ponce's Barrio Anón. When created in 1935 as part of the Caribbean National Forest, the Toro Negro Forest Reserve was managed by the United States government, first via the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration of the Department of the Interior (1935–1942) and later through the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture (1942–1970). Then, in 1970, the Federal Government exchanged with the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico the Toro Negro section of the Caribbean National Forest for some forested lands belonging to the Commonwealth and located adjacent to the much larger federal lands at Luquillo National Forest resulting in the creation at Luquillo of the current El Yunque National Forest. In 1970, the Government of Puerto Rico's Departmento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales (DRNA) opened the Toro Negro Forest Reserve as a Commonwealth state forest and renamed it Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro (Toro Negro State Forest).

Collores is a barrio in the municipality of Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,073.Luis Lloréns Torres poem El Valle de Collores has made Collores one of the most well-known barrios of the island of Puerto Rico.