La Alianza Puerto Rico Map

About La Alianza, Puerto Rico

La Alianza is a locality in Arecibo County, Puerto Rico, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,499. The population density is 502.5 people per km². La Alianza is located at 18.3974°N, 66.6024°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone. ZIP code: 00688.

La Alianza emerges from the verdant, humid lowlands where the air holds the heavy, sweet scent of damp earth and ripening vegetation. It lies 9.1 miles southeast of Arecibo, PR (from Arecibo, PR: bearing 125°T), and is situated 8.7 miles west-southwest of Tierras Nuevas Poniente. Dense canopy defines the immediate horizon, as the Bosque Estatal de Cambalache envelops the surroundings in a sprawling, protected embrace of limestone mogotes and tangled vines. Five miles to the west, the Río Grande de Arecibo carves a persistent path toward the sea, its waters reflecting the shifting clouds that gather before the daily rains. The land here leans toward the coastal plains, feeling the distant, briny exhales of Puerto Arecibo, which lies nine miles away, tempering the heat with a persistent, salt-tinged breeze. Even when the sun retreats behind the distant, hazy silhouette of the Cuchilla Buena Vista, the humidity remains, a tangible presence that softens the edges of every leaf and stone.

La Alianza carries a quiet, industrious persistence, shaped by the historical rhythms of the surrounding karst landscape and the nearby sugar-milling legacy of the northern coast. While the local economy has transitioned from the intensive harvests of the past, the spirit of the region remains tied to the soil and the complex, enduring connection between its people and the land. In the quiet hours of the afternoon, one might hear the distant, rhythmic rush of Jobos Saltillo echoing through the northern terrain, or observe the way the light catches the limestone outcrops of the Bosque Estatal de Cambalache, turning the gray stone into a shimmering, silvered metal. Life in La Alianza moves with a deliberate pace, colored by a deep-seated awareness of the nearby Los Canos basin, where the fertility of the earth continues to dictate the cycle of the seasons.

About This La Alianza Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of La Alianza, Puerto Rico. Coordinates: 18.397448, -66.602395. 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 La Alianza includes the ZIP code (00688), telephone area code (787, 939), county seat of Arecibo 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.