1947 Map of Barranquitas SO

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Hacienda Córcega and the agricultural lands of south-central Puerto Rico are documented in this preliminary 1943 topography, published just after the war. The landscape is defined by the convergence of the Municipio de Barranquitas, Municipio de Coamo, and Municipio de Aibonito, where sharp elevation changes at Cerro Pulguillas and Cerro El Pico dictate the flow of numerous mountain streams. This survey highlights the rural educational infrastructure of the era, including the Escuela Segunda Unidad de Hayales and the Escuela Segunda Unidad de Helechal, which served as anchors for the dispersed farming communities. A dense network of quebradas, including Quebrada Hayales and Quebrada Toíta, carves through the interior, illustrating the complex drainage patterns that influenced local land use and transportation routes before mid-century modernization.