El Combate Puerto Rico Map

About El Combate, Puerto Rico

El Combate is a locality in Cabo Rojo County, Puerto Rico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 311. The population density is 272.9 people per km². El Combate is located at 17.9783°N, 67.2121°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone. ZIP code: 00622.

El Combate unfolds where the limestone earth meets the insistent pulse of the Caribbean tide, a sun-bleached threshold defined by the vast, protected expanses of the Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge. It lies 12.5 miles south-southwest of Hormigueros, PR (from Hormigueros, PR: bearing 207°T), and is situated 8.7 miles south-southwest of Cabo Rojo. To the east, the rugged silhouette of the Sierra Bermeja rises against the sky, providing a stark, craggy contrast to the low-lying, mineral-rich Corozo Salt Flats that shimmer in the heat two miles away. The air here carries a persistent, saline weight, seasoned by the proximity of Bahía Salinas, where the water takes on a glassy, reflective quality as if holding the day’s light in suspension. Beyond the immediate scrub and coastal brush, the land feels ancient and indifferent, shaped by the slow, iterative work of wind and salt that defines the character of this particular geography.

El Combate serves as a quiet sentinel of local tradition, where the economy has long drawn its vitality from the sea and the patient extraction of salt. The presence of Bosque Estatal Los Morillos nearby creates a verdant buffer, a sanctuary of dry forest that anchors the region against the encroaching modernity of the coast. Life in El Combate moves in sync with the shifting tides, far removed from the inland bustle near the distant Río Viejo or the freshwater stillness of Laguna Joyuda. Even as the sun dips toward the horizon, casting long, bruised shadows toward the distant crags of Roca Ola, the neighborhood retains a sense of seclusion, a place where the history of the island is written not in grand monuments, but in the quiet, enduring labor of those who navigate its shores.

About This El Combate Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of El Combate, Puerto Rico. Coordinates: 17.978298, -67.212124. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for El Combate includes the ZIP code (00622), telephone area code (787, 939), county seat of Cabo Rojo County, and school district assignment.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.