Borinquen, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

Borinquen is a barrio in the municipality of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 7,415.[3][4][5]

Borinquen
Barrio
Puente del Chapey in Borinquen
Borinquen
Borinquen, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Borinquen
Borinquen (Caribbean)
Coordinates: 18°28′20″N 67°09′40″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Aguadilla
Government
 • MayorCarlos Méndez Martínez
Area
 • Total4.57 sq mi (11.8 km2)
 • Land3.33 sq mi (8.6 km2)
 • Water1.24 sq mi (3.2 km2)
Elevation66 ft (20 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total7,415
 • Density2,233.4/sq mi (862.3/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)

History

The United States took control of Puerto Rico from Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898. In 1899, the US conducted its first census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Borinquen barrio was 1,271.[6]

Sectors

Barrios (which are like minor civil divisions)[7] in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (sectors in English). The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.[8][9][10][11][12]

The following sectors are in Borinquen barrio:[13]

Apartamentos Sea View, Avenida Montemar, Comunidad Borinquen (Parcelas Nuevas), Condominio Puerta del Mar, Extensión Villa Marbella, Jardines de Borinquen, Reparto El Faro, Reparto Ramos, Reparto Solá, Reparto Tres Palmas, Residencial Público Agustín Stahl, Sandford, Sector Crash Boat, Sector El Chapey, Sector El Cobo, Sector El Cuco, Sector El Faro, Sector El Macetazo, Sector El Saco, Sector Jobos, Sector Las Dos Curvas, Sector Nino Valentín, Sector Playa India, Sector Playuela, Sector Rovira, Urbanización Bella Flores, Urbanización Borinquen, Urbanización Costa del Mar, Urbanización Costa del Sol, Urbanización El Verde, Urbanización Flamboyán, Urbanización Laderas del Mar, Urbanización Las Américas, Urbanización Las Casitas, Urbanización Las Mansiones, Urbanización Marbella, Urbanización Monte Verde, Urbanización Parque Los Caobos, Urbanización Villa Blanca, Urbanización Villa Haydeé, Urbanización Villa Krystal, Urbanización Villa Matías, Urbanización Villa Ruth, Villa Águeda, Villa Betania, Villa de Palma Real, Villa Lydia, Villa Marta, and Vista Alegre.

  • 1934, date written on the underside of Puente del Chapey
  • Puente del Chapey, Borinquen
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See also

References
  1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Borinquen barrio
  3. Picó, Rafael; Buitrago de Santiago, Zayda; Berrios, Hector H. Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969.
  4. Gwillim Law (20 May 2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-4766-0447-3. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  5. Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
  6. Joseph Prentiss Sanger; Henry Gannett; Walter Francis Willcox (1900). Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office (in Spanish). Imprenta del gobierno. p. 160.
  7. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  8. Mari Mut, José A. (28 August 2013). "Los pueblos de Puerto Rico y las iglesias de sus plazas" (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 June 2020 – via archive.org.
  9. "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  10. Rivera Quintero, Marcia (2014), El vuelo de la esperanza : Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 (Primera edición ed.), San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón, ISBN 978-0-9820806-1-0
  11. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  12. "Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico" (in Spanish). 8 August 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  13. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL AGUADILLA 035" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2020.


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