Limaní, Adjuntas, Puerto Rico

Limaní is a rural barrio in the municipality of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico.

History

Limaní was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Limaní barrio was 1,075.
There is an agricultural center associated with the University of Puerto Rico off Puerto Rico Highway 525, in Limaní, where a variety of citrus is grown.

Notable residents

José Esteban Lopez Maldonado, "Agricultural Son of Puerto Rico" is Puerto Rico's youngest farmer and agricultural entrepreneur. He launched the Esteban Bianchi Maldonado Agricultural School in 2017 when he was 14 years old.