Florida, Puerto Rico

Florida (flo-REE-dah) is a municipality of Puerto Rico located north of Utuado and Ciales, south of Barceloneta, east of Arecibo, and west of Manatí. Florida is spread over 1 ward and Florida Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city).

1 History
- 1.1 Flag
- 1.2 Coat of Arms
2 Demographics
- 2.1 Barrios (Districts/Wards)
- 2.2 Geo/Topography
3 Economic
4 Notable "Florideños"

[edit] History

Florida, founded in 1971, it was the last municipality founded in Puerto Rico. Florida is known as "La Tierra del Rio Encantado" (The Land of the Enchanted River).

Originally known as "Florida Afuera" and belonging to Barceloneta (another municipality), this town derives its present name from the abundant flowers and natural resources.

[edit] Flag

It consists of three horizontal stripes, with the following colors and widths: green the superior and white the inferior, with five modules of width each one, the center one red, with a width of one module.

[edit] Coat of Arms

Field of silver, in an abyss, a gules (red) anchored cross, between two branches of bloomed poinsettias (Poinsettia Pulcherrima). The Almeneda Campaign in green with a stripe forming waves, sabered, outlined in silver. At the top, a three tower gold crown. The shield can be surrounded, to its flanks and bottom by two crossed coffee tree branches with fruits, in a natural way.

[edit] Demographics

[edit] Barrios (Districts/Wards)

Florida Adentro

[edit] Geo/Topography

Encantada Cave

[edit] Economic

[edit] Agriculture

Pineapple and juice nectors

[edit] Industrial

Manufacturing (plastics)

[edit] Tourism

[edit] Landmarks and places of interest

Encantada Cave
Yanés Cultural Centre

[edit] Festivals and events

Three Kings Festival - January
Aguinaldo Contest - January
Cayenalisa Pineapple Festival - July
Patron Festivities - September
Encantado River Cultural Festivities - October

[edit] Notable "Florideños"

Celia Arenas - poet and author of Florida's Municipal Hymn
Francisco Frías
Luciano Sánchez - Lawyer
Luis "Tuto" Rivera - renowned local historian, newspaper reporter, and photographer
Juan Font-Torres - renowned lawyer with the Justice Department of Puerto Rico
Mercy Soto - Doctor
Norberto Montoyo
Ovidio Santa - Lawyer

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