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👉 Sierra Luquillo in the context of Sierra de Luquillo

The Sierra de Luquillo (English: "Luquillo Mountains") is a steep-sided, high-precipitation, and deeply-forested subrange of the Cordillera Central mountain range in the main island of Puerto Rico. Separated from the southeastern Sierra de Cayey subrange by the Caguas Valley, it is concentrated from west to east in the municipalities of Rio Grande, Luquillo, and Naguabo in the northeastern region of the island. The summit of the mountain range is El Toro at 3,526 ft. (1,075 m), and its most recognizable peak is El Yunque at 3,461 ft. (1,054 m). As the location of El Yunque National Forest, the Sierra de Luquillo is a popular destination among domestic and foreign tourists.

Along with the eponymous main subrange of Cordillera Central and the Sierra de Cayey, the Luquillo mountain range is one of three subranges of the Cordillera Central. However, although a subrange of the Cordillera Central, the Sierra de Luquillo is occasionally considered to be different from the rest of the central mountain range, as it is separated from it by the Caguas Valley and the Rio Grande de Loíza basin.

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Sierra Luquillo in the context of El Yunque National Forest

El Yunque National Forest (Spanish: Bosque Nacional El Yunque), formerly known as the Caribbean National Forest (or Bosque Nacional del Caribe), is a forest located in northeastern Puerto Rico. While there are both temperate and tropical rainforests in other states and territories, it is the only tropical rainforest in the United States National Forest System and the United States Forest Service. El Yunque National Forest is located on the slopes of the Sierra de Luquillo mountains, encompassing more than 28,000 acres (43.753 mi or 113.32 km) of land, making it the largest block of public land in Puerto Rico.

The forest is named after named Pico El Yunque, the second-highest mountain in the Sierra de Luquillo. Other peaks within the national forest are Pico del Este, Pico del Oeste, El Cacique and the highest peak, El Toro, which is the highest point in the national forest and eastern Puerto Rico rising 3,494 feet (1,065 m) above sea level.

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Sierra Luquillo in the context of Caguas Valley

The Caguas Valley (Spanish: Valle de Caguas), or the Caguas-Juncos Valley, and popularly referred to as the Turabo Valley (Valle del Turabo), is a large valley lying between two mountain subranges of the Cordillera Central, Sierra de Cayey and Sierra de Luquillo, in the eastern region of the main island of Puerto Rico. From west to east, the valley is concentrated in the municipalities of Caguas, Gurabo, San Lorenzo, Juncos, Las Piedras, and Humacao.

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