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Yauco ('yau-"ko) is a city (ciudad) and municipality in southwestern Puerto Rico located in the southern coast of the island by the Caribbean Sea, south of Maricao, Lares and Adjuntas; east of Sabana Grandeand Guánica; and west of Guayanilla. Yauco is spread over 20 wards and Yauco Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city).

According to the United States Census Bureau estimates, the 2000 population of Yauco was 46,384 persons. Its land area is 176.5 square kilometers with a population density of 262.8 per square kilometer. Its postal zip code is 00698, telephone area code is 787, and it is in the Atlantic time zone.

Yauco is also the name of the principal town (zona urbana) of the municipality. The town's population in 2000 was 19,609. The town, built on a hillside, has stepped streets and traditional houses, some of which are open for tours.

Yaucanos also call their home la Ciudad del Café (City of Coffee), la Capital Taína (Taino Capital), and los Corsos (The Corsicans).

If you were walking recently on a beach in Puerto Rico and saw a strange web address scrawled along the sand, or if you saw balloons released from a window in Chicago with similar hieroglyphics, then they can almost certainly be traced to something written on a piece of paper and left in an Oxford cafe by an undergraduate ...