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1969 Map of Manati

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Manati
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

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Laguna Tortuguero dominates the northern coastal landscape between the Municipio de Manatí and Municipio de Vega Baja, serving as a central geographical landmark before the terrain rises into the mogotes of the south. This 1969 survey, photorevised in the early 1980s, captures a transition from the industrial and residential centers of Pueblo Saliente and Vega Baja to the specialized military and aviation footprints of the U.S. Army Military Reservation and the nearby Pista de Aterrizaje.

Tracing the Antigua Vía del Ferrocarril reveals the remnants of earlier sugarcane-era infrastructure that once linked these coastal plains. Local educational and civic life is anchored by institutions such as Escuela Alejandrina Benitez and Colegio Nuestra Señora del Rosario, while the hydrology of the region is defined by the Río Grande de Manatí to the west and the Río Cibuco to the east, both flowing toward the Atlantic Ocean.