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The Municipalities of Puerto Rico number 78 and they make up the smallest electoral division of the Commonwealth. Each municipality is divided into barrios, though the latter are not vested with political authority.

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[edit] Administrative divisions

See also: Puerto Rico census statistical areas

There are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the United States Government, but Puerto Rico has 78 municipalities or "municipios" at the secondary order. For U.S. Census purposes, the municipalities are equivalent to a county.[1] They are conveniently grouped into eight electoral districts, which do not possess administrative functions. In 1991, the Autonomous Municipalities of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Act was passed as a strategy for the decentralizing control and for improving government services to the people.

[edit] Municipal politics

The municipalities elect a Mayor and a legislative assembly in the general elections every four years.

Municipalities of Puerto Rico

[edit] List of municipalities

The following is an alphabetical list of the municipalities in Puerto Rico

 This article is incomplete. Please help to improve the article, or discuss the issue on the talk page. (November 2011)
Municipality FIPS code[2] Founded Population (2010)[3] Area[4]
Adjuntas 001 1815 19,143 66.69 sq mi (172.73 sq km)
Aguada 003 1508 42,042 30.85 sq mi (79.90 sq km)
Aguadilla 005 1780 64,685 36.53 sq mi (94.61 sq km)
Aguas Buenas 007 1838 29,032 30.09 sq mi (77.92 sq km)
Aibonito 009 1824 26,493 31.31 sq mi (81.10 sq km)
Añasco 011 1733 28,348 39.29 sq mi (101.75 sq km)
Arecibo 013 1616 100,131 125.95 sq mi (326.20 sq km)
Arroyo 015 1855 19,117 15.01 sq mi (38.87 sq km)
Barceloneta 017 1881 22,322 18.69 sq mi (48.41 sq km)
Barranquitas 019 1803 28,909 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 46.36 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 4.85 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 78.1 sq mi (202.15 km2)
Comerío 045 1826 20,778 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Corozal 047 1795 37,142 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Culebra 049 1880 1,818 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Dorado 051 1842 38,165 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Fajardo 053 1772 36,993 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Florida 054 1971 12,680 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Guánica 055 1508 19,427 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Guayama 057 1736 45,362 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Guayanilla 059 1833 21,581 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Guaynabo 061 1769 97,924 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Gurabo 063 1815 45,369 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Hatillo 065 1823 41,953 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Hormigueros 067 1874 17,250 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Humacao 069 1722 58,466 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Isabela 071 1819 45,631 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Jayuya 073 1911 16,642 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Juana Díaz 075 1798 50,747 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Juncos 077 1797 40,290 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Lajas 079 1883 25,753 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Lares 081 1827 30,753 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Las Marías 083 1871 9,881 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Las Piedras 085 1773 38,675 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Loíza 087 1719 30,060 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Luquillo 089 1797 20,068 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Manatí 091 1738 44,113 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Maricao 093 1874 6,276 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Maunabo 095 1799 12,225 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Mayagüez 097 1760 89,080 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Moca 099 1772 40,109 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Morovis 101 1818 32,610 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Naguabo 103 1821 26,720 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Naranjito 105 1824 30,402 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Orocovis 107 1772 23,423 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Patillas 109 1811 19,277 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Peñuelas 111 1793 24,282 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Ponce 113 1692 166,327 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Quebradillas 115 1823 25,919 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Rincón 117 1771 15,200 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Río Grande 119 1840 54,304 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Sabana Grande 121 1813 25,265 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Salinas 123 1851 31,078 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
San Germán 0125 1573 35,527 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
San Juan 127 1509 395,326 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
San Lorenzo 129 1811 41,058 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
San Sebastián 131 1752 42,430 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Santa Isabel 133 1842 23,274 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Toa Alta 135 1751 74,066 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Toa Baja 137 1745 89,609 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Trujillo Alto 139 1801 74,842 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Utuado 141 1739 33,149 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Vega Alta 143 1775 39,951 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Vega Baja 145 1776 59,662 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Vieques 147 1852 9,301 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Villalba 149 1917 26,073 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Yabucoa 151 1793 37,941 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Yauco 153 1756 42,043 36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)

[edit] The municipal amalgamation proposal

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.[5] The bill never made into law.

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.[6] The law was repealed three years later.[7][8]

A legislator's proposal of Puerto Rico's future set of municipalities and their boundaries

The proposed twenty new municipalities (in bold) and the existing municipalities that would have made them up:


[edit] San Juan

  • San Juan
  • Trujillo Alto

[edit] Bayamón

  • Bayamón
  • Cataño
  • Guaynabo

[edit] Toa Baja

  • Toa Baja
  • Dorado
  • Naranjito
  • Toa Alta

[edit] Vega Baja

  • Vega Baja
  • Corozal
  • Morovis
  • Orocovis
  • Vega Alta

[edit] Manatí

  • Manatí
  • Barceloneta
  • Ciales
  • Florida

[edit] Arecibo

  • Arecibo
  • Camuy
  • Hatillo
  • Quebradillas


[edit] Aguadilla

  • Aguadilla
  • Aguada
  • Isabela
  • Moca
  • Rincón

[edit] San Sebastián

  • San Sebastián
  • Las Marías
  • Lares

[edit] Mayagüez

  • Mayagüez
  • Añasco
  • Hormigueros

[edit] San Germán

  • San Germán
  • Cabo Rojo
  • Lajas

[edit] Yauco

  • Yauco
  • Guánica
  • Maricao
  • Sabana Grande


[edit] Utuado

  • Utuado
  • Adjuntas
  • Jayuya

[edit] Ponce

  • Ponce
  • Guayanilla
  • Peñuelas

[edit] Juana Díaz

  • Juana Díaz
  • Coamo
  • Santa Isabel
  • Villalba

[edit] Cayey

  • Cayey
  • Aibonito
  • Barranquitas
  • Cidra
  • Comerío

[edit] Guayama

  • Guayama
  • Arroyo
  • Patillas
  • Salinas


[edit] Caguas

  • Caguas
  • Aguas Buenas
  • Gurabo
  • Juncos
  • San Lorenzo

[edit] Humacao

  • Humacao
  • Las Piedras
  • Maunabo
  • Naguabo
  • Yabucoa

[edit] Fajardo

  • Fajardo
  • Ceiba
  • Culebra
  • Luquillo
  • Vieques

[edit] Carolina

  • Carolina
  • Canóvanas
  • Loíza
  • Río Grande

[edit] References

  1. ^ county equivalent
  2. ^ "EPA County FIPS Code Listing". EPA.gov. http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/codes/pr.html. Retrieved 2008-02-23. 
  3. ^ "U.S. Census Bureau municipality information". http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml. Retrieved August 31, 2011. 
  4. ^ "U.S. Census Bureau geography". http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/searchresults.xhtml?ref=geo&refresh=t#. Retrieved August 31, 2011. 
  5. ^ Legislador propone reducir a 20 los 78 municipios de Puerto Rico en PrimeraHora.com (In Spanish)
  6. ^ Historia de Nuestros Barrios: Barrio Lapa, Salinas. Page 4. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  7. ^ Guayanilla. Encyclopedia Puerto Rico. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
  8. ^ Historia de Nuestros Barrios: Lapa, Salinas. Accessed February 13, 2011.

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