Puerto Rico · PR
Yabucoa
Sugar valley town where Hurricane Maria came ashore.
- Population
- 30,426 (2020 census)
- Founded
- 1793
- Maria landfall
- September 20, 2017
Then
- 1793
Manuel Colón de Bonilla and Catalina Morales Pacheco donate land for the town on October 3.
- Sugar era
Cane covers most of the valley. The Hacienda Roig mill still marks the town's entrance.
- 2017
Hurricane Maria makes landfall at Camino Nuevo, Yabucoa.
Now
This place covers Yabucoa Harbor and Palmas del Mar.
2 tide stations around Yabucoa
- Yabucoa Harbor3.1 mi
- Palmas del Mar5.8 mi