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416:Monte Jayuya
409:
381:
328:Bucaná River
327:
326:
276:River system
207:Barrio Playa
97:Municipality
85:Commonwealth
48:Barrio Playa
35:Bucaná River
29:
1081:Río Bayagán
1001: /
942: /
881: /
816: /
750: /
688: /
626: /
564: /
509:Coordinates
455:Río Bayagán
424:Rio Bayagan
378:Tributaries
356:Río Bayagán
286:Tributaries
252:Progression
164: /
90:Puerto Rico
59:Native name
1467:Categories
1092:References
968:not marked
502:Direction
440:La Guancha
348:confluence
336:Río Bucaná
281:Río Bucaná
239:Basin size
152:66°36′00″W
149:17°58′07″N
64:Río Bucaná
18:Río Bucana
1407:Los Rios.
1247:Los Rios.
1172:Los Rios.
1137:Los Rios.
773:Sabanetas
707:Sabanetas
486:km marker
420:Rio Jauca
392:Cerrillos
260:Sabanetas
1432:Archived
1428:Maptest.
1411:Archived
1390:Archived
1369:Archived
1320:Archived
1251:Archived
1229:Archived
1226:Maptest.
1209:Archived
1206:Maptest.
1176:Archived
1141:Archived
1119:Archived
1116:Maptest.
1048:See also
827:next to
789:La Ceiba
761:next to
723:La Ceiba
498:(if any)
444:Route 14
79:Location
1085:current
974:Unnamed
915:Unnamed
854:Unnamed
661:Unnamed
599:Unnamed
537:Unnamed
388:Bayagán
332:Spanish
130:Barrio
71:Spanish
1017:
900:Bucaná
839:Bucaná
512:Notes
484:Road's
478:Barrio
432:Bucaná
406:Course
289:
264:Bucaná
231:Length
196:
120:
117:Source
67:
1439:2011.
1236:2011.
1216:2011.
1126:2011.
1065:Notes
961:Playa
912:23351
909:103.7
905:PR-52
851:23351
848:103.7
844:PR-52
786:12291
783:125.0
720:12291
717:125.0
658:24891
651:PR-10
596:14331
589:PR-10
534:23051
526:PR-14
192:Mouth
102:Ponce
52:Ponce
1079:and
1040:Uses
977:Both
778:PR-1
712:PR-1
540:Both
481:Road
457:and
398:and
390:and
354:and
971:N/A
655:3.8
593:3.8
531:5.4
490:NBI
475:No.
414:at
350:of
1469::
1262:^
1070:1.
918:EB
857:WB
792:EB
726:WB
664:SB
602:NB
492:ID
422:,
402:.
374:.
334::
209:,
50:,
957:8
896:7
835:6
769:5
703:4
642:3
580:2
517:1
330:(
226:)
73:)
69:(
20:)
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