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Mayagüez is the eighth-largest municipality of Puerto Rico. Also known as "La Sultana del Oeste" (The Sultaness of the West) or "Ciudad de las Aguas Puras" (City of Pure Waters), the Spanish crown gave it the formal title of "Excelente ciudad de Mayagüez", Mayagüez is located in the center of the western coast on the island of Puerto Rico.

Mayagüez's contributions to Puerto Rican gastronomy have been many, and a few of these are known outside Puerto Rico. Besides being host to one of the largest concentrations of mango (spelled locally as "mangó") trees in the island, the city has been a host to various food enterprises whose products are popular in Puerto Rico (and some elsewhere):

Brazo gitano - literally "gypsy arm", is the locally produced jelly roll, originally from Spain. E. Franco & Co., a bakery, food importer and restaurant established in the late 1850s, is the best-known provider of brazos gitanos in town. Another (more recent) provider is Ricomini Bakery, whose central store in downtown Mayagüez has been open for over 100 years.
Sangría de Fido ˈfEd-oh - the heirs of Wilfrido Aponte still bottle "Sangría de Fido", a powerful concoction inspired on sangria, but actually made with fruit juices, Bacardi 151 rum and burgundy wine (technically not from Bourgogne, but produced by E & J Gallo Winery in Modesto, California). Originally bottled by hand by the bartender since the mid-1970s, "Sangría de Fido" has a sizeable reputation outside Puerto Rico, and can claim tasters from as far away as California and Spain. E & J Gallo once awarded Aponte with a "Customer of the Year" award and flew him to their headquarters. Aponte was reportedly offered $250,000 by Bacardi to sell his original recipe once, to which he refused.
Bolo's Sorullitos - a now-defunct operation that originated at "Bolo's Restaurant", a seaside eatery next to Mayagüez Bay, which produced sorullitos, or fried cornsticks, along with mayo-ketchup, a dip made of mayonnaise, ketchup and garlic extract. The restaurant was popular in Puerto Rico between the late 1970s and mid-1980s (its custom made building now houses WORA-TV, one of the local television stations). For a while the frozen cornsticks were sold commercially in stores.
Flan-Es-Cedó' - Elmec Industries, Inc. has been the local flan producer for over thirty years
India / Medalla beer - the only remaining mass-produced Puerto Rican beer is brewed by "Cervecería India", one of the largest employers in town. "Mayagüezanos" are queued into morning rush hour, lunch and afternoon rush hour by the company's whistle, which rings at 7:00 AM, 8:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Rex Cream's Ice Cream - established in the mid-1960s by Chinese migrants who came to Puerto Rico by the way of Costa Rica, Rex Cream is a chain of ice cream parlors that had its heyday in the late 1970s. The two flagship stores in Mayagüez, however, are still popular (particularly on Good Friday, since one of the stores is the endpoint for a Good Friday religious procession) for producing alternative ice cream flavors, particularly a corn sherbet.
Tuna fish - At one time, StarKist, Chicken of the Sea and Bumble Bee produced 80% of their collective production for consumption in the United States in Mayagüez. As of the time of writing, the only tuna fish cannery remaining in town is that for Bumble Bee.
Festivals and events

Festival boat, El Seco, Mayaguez, November 2006
Three Kings Festival - January
Black and White Festival - January
Danza National Festival - February
Matron Celebrations - February
Mayagüez Carnival - May
Seco Festival/El Festival de la Cocolia - July
Mango Festival - August
Artisan Fair - November
Christmas Festivities - December
Landmarks and places of interest
Agricultural Experimental Station
"Baudilio Vega Berríos" Municipal Cultural Center
Casa Grande Museum
India Brewery
Cristóbal Colón Square
Customs House
Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo
El Malecón (Waterfront Area)
Eugenio Maria de Hostos Monument
Hostos Museum at Río Cañas Arriba Ward
José De Diego Park
Mayagüez Children's Library
Mayagüez Mall
Muelle Francés (French Dock)
Parque de los Próceres (Notable's Park)
Parque Infantil del Milenio (Millenium Child Park)
Public Library (at Municipal Cultural Center)
Teatro Yagüez (Yaguez Theater)
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (RUM)
Urayoán Monument
UPRM's Planetarium
UPRM's General Library

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