Municipalities of Puerto Rico
Municipalities of Puerto Rico | |
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Category | Federal Unit |
Location | Commonwealth of Puerto Rico |
Number | 78 |
Populations | 1,818 (Culebra) – 395,326 (San Juan) |
Areas | 4.84 square miles (12.5 km2) (Cataño) – 125.95 square miles (326.2 km2) (Arecibo) |
Government | Municipal government |
Subdivisions | Barrio |
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The municipalities of Puerto Rico number seventy-eight and they make up the smallest electoral division in Puerto Rico. Each municipality is led by a mayor and divided into barrios, though the latter are not vested with political authority. Geographically, a municipality has an urban core that consists of either a town or a city. Urban cores with a population of 50,000 or above are considered cities, while those under 50,000 inhabitants are termed towns.[1]
Overview
Because Puerto Rico was a Spanish colony until 1898, its system of local government bears more resemblance to that of the Hispanophone nations of the Americas than to local government in the United States and some other Anglophone countries. Thus, there are no first-order administrative divisions akin to counties, as defined by the United States Government; instead, Puerto Rico has 78 municipalities or "municipios" as the secondary unit of administration. For U.S. Census purposes, the municipalities are considered "county-equivalents."[2] The municipalities are grouped into eight electoral districts, but these do not possess administrative functions. In 1991, the Autonomous Municipalities of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Act was passed, which slightly modified the rights and responsibilities of Puerto Rican municipalities, with the aim of decentralizing control and improving government services.[3]
Every municipality is composed of several barrios, except for Florida which has only one barrio. The municipality of Ponce has the largest number of barrios, 31.[4][5][6][7][8]
Every municipality (except San Juan) also has an urban area made up of one or more barrios.[9] When the urban area is made up of only one barrio, it is called "Barrio Pueblo". Some urban areas are made up of multiple barrios: Ponce's urban area, for example, is made up of 12 barrios. All of San Juan's barrios are urban barrios, and the municipality of San Juan is composed of urban barrios only - thus, the entire municipality of San Juan consists of one large urban zone only.[10]
Every municipality's urban zone is named by the same name as the municipality. For example, the municipality of Caguas has an urban zone called Caguas - just like the municipality. Some municipalities' urban zones are termed "pueblo" (town) while others are termed "ciudad" (city). The difference resides in the population of the municipality: if the municipality has an urban zone below 50,000 inhabitants, then its urban zone is called a pueblo. If a municipality has a population above 50,000 inhabitants in its urban zone, then its urban zone is called a ciudad.[1]
Politics
The municipalities elect a Mayor and a Municipal Legislature in the general elections every four years.
Demographics
The following is an alphabetical list of the municipalities in Puerto Rico, and their corresponding foundation year, population, and geographic area.
Municipality | FIPS code[11] | Founded | Population (2010)[12] | Area[13] |
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Adjuntas | 001 | 1815 | 19,483 | 66.69 sq mi (172.73 sq km) |
Aguada | 003 | 1508 | 41,959 | 30.85 sq mi (79.90 sq km) |
Aguadilla | 005 | 1780 | 60,949 | 36.53 sq mi (94.61 sq km) |
Aguas Buenas | 007 | 1838 | 28,659 | 30.08 sq mi (77.92 sq km) |
Aibonito | 009 | 1824 | 25,900 | 31.31 sq mi (81.10 sq km) |
Añasco | 011 | 1733 | 29,261 | 39.29 sq mi (101.75 sq km) |
Arecibo | 013 | 1616 | 96,440 | 125.95 sq mi (326.20 sq km) |
Arroyo | 015 | 1855 | 19,575 | 15.01 sq mi (38.87 sq km) |
Barceloneta | 017 | 1881 | 24,816 | 18.69 sq mi (48.41 sq km) |
Barranquitas | 019 | 1803 | 30,318 | 34.25 sq mi (88.71 sq km) |
Bayamón | 021 | 1772 | 208,116 | 44.32 sq mi (114.80 sq km) |
Cabo Rojo | 023 | 1771 | 50,917 | 70.37 sq mi (182.27 sq km) |
Caguas | 025 | 1775 | 142,893 | 58.60 sq mi (151.77 sq km) |
Camuy | 027 | 1807 | 35,159 | 46.35 sq mi (120.06 sq km) |
Canóvanas | 029 | 1909 | 47,648 | 32.87 sq mi (85.12 sq km) |
Carolina | 031 | 1816 | 176,762 | 45.32 sq mi (117.38 sq km) |
Cataño | 033 | 1927 | 28,140 | 4.84 sq mi (12.55 sq km) |
Cayey | 035 | 1773 | 48,119 | 51.93 sq mi (134.51 sq km) |
Ceiba | 037 | 1838 | 13,631 | 29.04 sq mi (75.20 sq km) |
Ciales | 039 | 1820 | 18,782 | 66.53 sq mi (172.31 sq km) |
Cidra | 041 | 1809 | 43,480 | 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km) |
Coamo | 043 | 1579 | 40,512 | 78.10 sq mi (202.27 sq km) |
Comerío | 045 | 1826 | 20,778 | 28.40 sq mi (73.56 sq km) |
Corozal | 047 | 1795 | 37,142 | 42.57 sq mi (110.26 sq km) |
Culebra | 049 | 1880 | 1,818 | 11.62 sq mi (30.10 sq km) |
Dorado | 051 | 1842 | 38,165 | 23.09 sq mi (59.80 sq km) |
Fajardo | 053 | 1772 | 36,993 | 29.86 sq mi (77.34 sq km) |
Florida | 054 | 1971 | 12,680 | 15.21 sq mi (39.39 sq km) |
Guánica | 055 | 1508 | 19,427 | 37.05 sq mi (95.96 sq km) |
Guayama | 057 | 1736 | 45,362 | 64.99 sq mi (168.32 sq km) |
Guayanilla | 059 | 1833 | 21,581 | 42.27 sq mi (109.48 sq km) |
Guaynabo | 061 | 1769 | 97,924 | 27.58 sq mi (71.43 sq km) |
Gurabo | 063 | 1815 | 45,369 | 27.89 sq mi (72.23 sq km) |
Hatillo | 065 | 1823 | 41,953 | 41.78 sq mi (108.21 sq km) |
Hormigueros | 067 | 1874 | 17,250 | 11.34 sq mi (29.37 sq km) |
Humacao | 069 | 1722 | 58,466 | 44.75 sq mi (115.90 sq km) |
Isabela | 071 | 1819 | 45,631 | 55.30 sq mi (143.23 sq km) |
Jayuya | 073 | 1911 | 16,642 | 44.53 sq mi (115.33 sq km) |
Juana Díaz | 075 | 1798 | 79,897 | 60.28 sq mi (156.12 sq km) |
Juncos | 077 | 1797 | 40,290 | 26.49 sq mi (68.61 sq km) |
Lajas | 079 | 1883 | 25,753 | 59.95 sq mi (159.15 sq km) |
Lares | 081 | 1827 | 30,753 | 61.45 sq mi (159.15 sq km) |
Las Marías | 083 | 1871 | 9,881 | 46.36 sq mi (120.07 sq km) |
Las Piedras | 085 | 1773 | 38,675 | 33.88 sq mi (87.75 sq km) |
Loíza | 087 | 1719 | 30,060 | 19.37 sq mi (50.17 sq km) |
Luquillo | 089 | 1797 | 20,068 | 25.81 sq mi (66.85 sq km) |
Manatí | 091 | 1738 | 44,113 | 46.13 sq mi (119.48 sq km) |
Maricao | 093 | 1874 | 6,276 | 36.62 sq mi (94.85 sq km) |
Maunabo | 095 | 1799 | 12,225 | 21.07 sq mi (54.57 sq km) |
Mayagüez | 097 | 1760 | 89,080 | 77.65 sq mi (201.11 sq km) |
Moca | 099 | 1772 | 40,109 | 50.34 sq mi (130.38 sq km) |
Morovis | 101 | 1818 | 32,610 | 38.87 sq mi (100.67 sq km) |
Naguabo | 103 | 1821 | 26,720 | 51.66 sq mi (133.80 sq km) |
Naranjito | 105 | 1824 | 30,402 | 27.40 sq mi (70.97 sq km) |
Orocovis | 107 | 1772 | 23,423 | 63.62 sq mi (164.78 sq km) |
Patillas | 109 | 1811 | 19,277 | 46.7 sq mi (120.95 sq km) |
Peñuelas | 111 | 1793 | 24,282 | 44.62 sq mi (115.57 sq km) |
Ponce | 113 | 1692 | 166,327 | 114.76 sq mi (297.23 sq km) |
Quebradillas | 115 | 1823 | 25,919 | 22.68 sq mi (58.74 sq km) |
Rincón | 117 | 1771 | 15,200 | 14.29 sq mi (37.01 sq km) |
Río Grande | 119 | 1840 | 54,304 | 60.62 sq mi (157.01 sq km) |
Sabana Grande | 121 | 1813 | 25,265 | 35.83 sq mi (92.80 sq km) |
Salinas | 123 | 1851 | 31,078 | 69.37 sq mi (179.67 sq km) |
San Germán | 125 | 1573 | 35,527 | 54.50 sq mi (141.15 sq km) |
San Juan | 127 | 1509 | 395,326 | 47.85 sq mi (123.93 sq km) |
San Lorenzo | 129 | 1811 | 41,058 | 53.11 sq mi (137.55 sq km) |
San Sebastián | 131 | 1752 | 42,430 | 70.42 sq mi (182.39 sq km) |
Santa Isabel | 133 | 1842 | 23,274 | 34.02 sq mi (88.119 sq km) |
Toa Alta | 135 | 1751 | 74,066 | 27.02 sq mi (69.98 sq km) |
Toa Baja | 137 | 1745 | 89,609 | 23.24 sq mi (60.19 sq km) |
Trujillo Alto | 139 | 1801 | 74,842 | 20.76 sq mi (53.77 sq km) |
Utuado | 141 | 1739 | 33,149 | 113.53 sq mi (294.04 sq km) |
Vega Alta | 143 | 1775 | 39,951 | 27.73 sq mi (71.82 sq km) |
Vega Baja | 145 | 1776 | 59,662 | 45.86 sq mi (118.78 sq km) |
Vieques | 147 | 1852 | 9,301 | 50.77 sq mi (131.49 sq km) |
Villalba | 149 | 1917 | 26,073 | 35.64 sq mi (92.31 sq km) |
Yabucoa | 151 | 1793 | 37,941 | 55.21 sq mi (142.99 sq km) |
Yauco | 153 | 1756 | 42,043 | 68.19 sq mi (176.61 sq km) |
Racial composition
The following is an alphabetical list of the municipalities and their population together with a breakdown of their racial composition.
Municipality (2010) | White (both Hispanic and Non-Hispanic)[14][15] | Black (Both Hispanic and Non-Hispanic)[16] | Amerindian (Both Hispanic and Non-Hispanic) | Asian (Both Hispanic and Non-Hispanic) | Multiracial (Both Hispanic and Non-Hispanic) | Hispanic (Of any Race) |
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Adjuntas | 93.1 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 99.6 |
Aguada | 86.6 | 5.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 7.7 | 99.4 |
Aguadilla | 83.0 | 7.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 8.2 | 98.5 |
Aguas Buenas | 72.5 | 12.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 14.2 | 99.5 |
Aibonito | 83.5 | 7.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 99.3 |
Añasco | 82.0 | 7.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 10.3 | 99.2 |
Arecibo | 84.5 | 6.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 7.9 | 99.2 |
Arroyo | 53.5 | 32.5 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 13.0 | 99.1 |
Barceloneta | 80.7 | 7.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.2 | 99.4 |
Barranquitas | 86.0 | 5.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 8.3 | 99.3 |
Bayamón | 78.3 | 10.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 10.7 | 99.0 |
Cabo Rojo | 84.1 | 5.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 10.1 | 98.9 |
Caguas | 76.1 | 11.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 12.1 | 99.1 |
Camuy | 87.9 | 4.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 7.6 | 99.4 |
Canóvanas | 61.2 | 21.6 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 16.1 | 99.2 |
Carolina | 64.3 | 22.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 11.7 | 98.6 |
Cataño | 70.7 | 14.4 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 13.7 | 99.0 |
Cayey | 79.9 | 8.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.3 | 99.3 |
Ceiba | 70.6 | 16.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 12.0 | 98.8 |
Ciales | 89.5 | 4.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 99.7 |
Cidra | 76.6 | 8.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 14.6 | 99.4 |
Coamo | 76.8 | 10.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.3 | 99.6 |
Comerío | 78.6 | 8.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 12.1 | 99.6 |
Corozal | 85.4 | 5.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 9.0 | 99.4 |
Culebra | 56.9 | 26.6 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 15.4 | 91.7 |
Dorado | 69.5 | 15.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 13.9 | 98.0 |
Fajardo | 64.8 | 18.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 15.7 | 98.2 |
Florida | 90.4 | 4.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 4.5 | 99.6 |
Guánica | 79.9 | 7.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 11.8 | 99.4 |
Guayama | 68.2 | 18.5 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 12.3 | 99.1 |
Guayanilla | 81.9 | 8.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 9.3 | 99.5 |
Guaynabo | 79.4 | 9.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 10.1 | 98.2 |
Gurabo | 72.5 | 14.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.5 | 99.2 |
Hatillo | 87.3 | 4.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 8.0 | 99.2 |
Hormigueros | 81.2 | 8.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 10.0 | 99.5 |
Humacao | 66.1 | 18.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 14.3 | 99.0 |
Isabela | 83.4 | 7.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 8.6 | 99.0 |
Jayuya | 90.7 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 5.5 | 99.6 |
Juana Díaz | 75.3 | 14.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 9.9 | 99.4 |
Juncos | 71.7 | 13.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 14.1 | 99.3 |
Lajas | 80.6 | 5.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.9 | 99.3 |
Lares | 91.1 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 5.6 | 99.3 |
Las Marías | 86.3 | 5.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 99.4 |
Las Piedras | 70.5 | 11.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 17.1 | 99.4 |
Loíza | 26.5 | 64.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 8.6 | 99.4 |
Luquillo | 65.5 | 20.8 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 12.6 | 97.9 |
Manatí | 81.8 | 8.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 8.9 | 99.2 |
Maricao | 89.2 | 4.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 99.4 |
Maunabo | 47.9 | 30.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 20.8 | 99.2 |
Mayagüez | 78.7 | 8.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 12.1 | 98.9 |
Moca | 89.5 | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 5.8 | 99.4 |
Morovis | 88.4 | 5.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 6.1 | 99.4 |
Naguabo | 71.1 | 15.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 12.4 | 99.2 |
Naranjito | 84.2 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 9.4 | 99.5 |
Orocovis | 86.7 | 6.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 6.6 | 99.6 |
Patillas | 61.7 | 19.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 17.7 | 99.3 |
Peñuelas | 81.8 | 9.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 8.4 | 99.4 |
Ponce | 82.0 | 9.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 8.3 | 99.2 |
Quebradillas | 89.2 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 6.9 | 99.3 |
Rincón | 85.7 | 5.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 8.2 | 96.4 |
Río Grande | 61.9 | 24.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.6 | 99.0 |
Sabana Grande | 85.3 | 5.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 99.5 |
Salinas | 67.4 | 16.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 15.5 | 99.3 |
San Germán | 83.4 | 5.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 10.5 | 99.2 |
San Juan | 68.0 | 18.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 12.2 | 98.2 |
San Lorenzo | 76.1 | 9.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 13.2 | 99.5 |
San Sebastián | 88.5 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 8.1 | 99.3 |
Santa Isabel | 73.0 | 15.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 10.9 | 99.6 |
Toa Alta | 76.3 | 9.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.5 | 99.3 |
Toa Baja | 70.2 | 16.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 12.1 | 99.0 |
Trujillo Alto | 72.1 | 14.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.3 | 98.9 |
Utuado | 92.7 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 4.3 | 99.4 |
Vega Alta | 71.2 | 14.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 13.1 | 98.7 |
Vega Baja | 77.3 | 11.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 10.6 | 99.3 |
Vieques | 58.7 | 28.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 12.5 | 94.3 |
Villalba | 82.1 | 8.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 99.7 |
Yabucoa | 65.6 | 14.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 19.8 | 99.3 |
Yauco | 83.0 | 5.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 9.6 | 99.5 |
Puerto Rico | 75.8 | 12.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 11.1 | 99.0 |
Finances
36 of the 78 municipalities currently experience a budget deficit, putting 46% of the municipalities in financial stress.[17] In total, the combined debt carried by the municipalities stands at about $590 million USD.[lower-alpha 1]
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Adjuntas | PNP | 19,483 |
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Aguada | PPD | 41,959 |
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Aguadilla | PNP | 60,949 |
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Aguas Buenas | PPD | 28,659 |
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Aibonito | PNP | 25,900 |
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Añasco | PPD | 29,261 |
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Arecibo | PNP | 96,440 |
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Arroyo | PPD | 19,575 |
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Barceloneta | PPD | 24,816 |
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Barranquitas | PNP | 30,318 |
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Bayamón | PNP | 208,116 |
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Cabo Rojo | PNP | 50,917 |
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Caguas | PPD | 142,893 |
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Camuy | PNP | 35,159 |
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Canóvanas | PNP | 47,648 |
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Carolina | PPD | 176,762 |
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Cataño | PPD | 28,140 |
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Cayey | PPD | 48,119 |
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Ceiba | PNP | 13,631 |
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Ciales | PPD | 18,782 |
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Cidra | PNP | 43,480 |
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Coamo | PPD | 40,512 |
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Comerío | PPD | 20,778 |
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Corozal | PPD | 37,142 |
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Culebra | PPD | 1,818 |
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Dorado | PPD | 38,165 |
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Fajardo | PNP | 36,993 |
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Florida | PNP | 12,680 |
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Guánica | PNP | 19,427 |
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Guayama | PPD | 45,362 |
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Guayanilla | PPD | 21,581 |
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Guaynabo | PNP | 97,924 |
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Gurabo | PNP | 45,369 |
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Hatillo | PPD | 41,953 |
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Hormigueros | PPD | 17,250 |
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Humacao | PPD | 58,466 |
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Isabela | PPD | 45,631 |
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Jayuya | PPD | 16,642 |
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Juana Díaz | PPD | 79,897 |
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Juncos | PPD | 40,290 |
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Lajas | PPD | 25,753 |
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Lares | PNP | 30,753 |
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Las Marías | PPD | 9,881 |
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Las Piedras | PNP | 38,675 |
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Loíza | PNP | 30,060 |
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Luquillo | PPD | 20,068 |
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Manatí | PNP | 44,113 |
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Maricao | PNP | 6,276 |
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Maunabo | PPD | 12,225 |
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Mayagüez | PPD | 89,080 |
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Moca | PNP | 40,109 |
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Morovis | PNP | 32,610 |
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Naguabo | PNP | 26,720 |
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Naranjito | PNP | 30,402 |
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Orocovis | PNP | 23,423 |
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Patillas | PPD | 19,277 |
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Peñuelas | PPD | 24,282 |
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Ponce | PNP | 166,327 |
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Quebradillas | PPD | 25,919 |
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Rincón | PPD | 15,200 |
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Río Grande | PPD | 54,304 |
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Sabana Grande | PPD | 25,265 |
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Salinas | PPD | 31,078 |
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San Germán | PPD | 35,527 |
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San Juan | PPD | 395,326 |
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San Lorenzo | PPD | 41,058 |
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San Sebastián | PNP | 42,430 |
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Santa Isabel | PNP | 23,274 |
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Toa Alta | PPD | 74,066 |
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Toa Baja | PNP | 89,609 |
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Trujillo Alto | PPD | 74,842 |
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Utuado | PPD | 33,149 |
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Vega Alta | PNP | 39,951 |
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Vega Baja | PPD | 59,662 |
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Vieques | PPD | 9,301 |
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Villalba | PPD | 26,073 |
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Yabucoa | PPD | 37,941 |
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Yauco | PNP | 42,043 |
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Amalgamation
In October 2009, a Puerto Rican legislator proposed a bill that would reduce to 20 the 78 municipalities currently making up the Island. The bill called for a referendum to take place on June 13, 2010, and which would let the people decide on the matter.[20] The bill never made into law.[21]
It was not the first time that an attempt to consolidate municipalities had failed. In 1902 the Puerto Rico legislature, under pressure from the US.-appointed governor of the Island, passed a law consolidating the then-76 municipalities of Puerto Rico into 46.[22] The law was repealed three years later.[23][24]
The proposed twenty new municipalities (in bold) and the existing municipalities that would have made them up:
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See also
Notes
References
- 1 2 Puerto Rico: la isla de los 900 barrios. Héctor Sánchez Martínez. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 10 October 2012. Year 30. Issue 1506. Page 36. 21 October 2012.
- ↑ county equivalent
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External links
- CIA World Factbook - Puerto Rico
- Municipalities on the west coast of Puerto Rico
- http://www.diariodepuertorico.com
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