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| | Mayagüez is the third largest c (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | Mayagüez was founded in 1760 by Faustino Martínez de Matos, Juan de Silva and Juan de Aponte, at a hill located about one kilometer inland from Mayagüez Bay and the outlet of the Yagüez River. |
 | | The famous patriot, educator, sociologist, philosopher, essayist, and novelist Eugenio María de Hostos was born in Mayagüez in 1839. |
 | | The Grito de Lares, Puerto Rico's first major pro-independence revolt, was planned at a farm in the outskirts of town. |
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