Cata? is known mostly for four things: Its industry, its trash burning facility, its ferry service that connects old San Juan and its considerable amount of protestant churches and catholic cathedrals.
Cata? has one of the largest groups of manufacturers in Puerto Rico. Bacardi has a rum manufacturing plant there, and many other companies, both Puerto Rican and American, have plants there.
On the other hand, Cata?'s trash burning facility is the largest in Puerto Rico. Both Cata?'s large number of manufacturing plants and Cata?'s trash facility have been considerable factors in Cata?'s earning of the dirtiest city in Puerto Rico title, a dubious honor, a few times.
Cata?'s ferry service is known as La lancha de Cata?, or The ferry of Cata?. Despite what the name might lead to believe, there is actually a number of ferries, not just one, that operate on the five minute ocean route between Cata? and old San Juan and vice-versa daily. There is a large ferry terminal at Cata?, and tourists can enjoy the view of the Castillo de El Morro and the large cruise ships docked at the old San Juan terminal during these trips.
Cata? has a considerable number of Christians among its population, and because of that, a large number of churches and cathedrals also exist there, attracting worshipers from all over town and from area metropolitana cities as well.