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Demographically, municipalities in Puerto Rico are equivalent to counties in the United States, and Puerto Rican municipalities are registered as county subdivisions in the United States census. [2] Statistically, the municipality with the largest number of inhabitants is San Juan , with 342,259, while Culebra is the smallest, with around 1,792.
Puerto Rico Act 68 of 7 May 1945 (Ley Num. 68 de 7 de mayo de 1945), ordered the commonwealth's Planning Board to prepare a map of each of the municipalities and each of the barrios within said municipalities and the corresponding barrio names. Said map and list of barrio names constitute the officially established primary legal barrio divisions.
The Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones (Spanish: Registro Nacional de Sitios y Zonas Históricas) is a Puerto Rican government program adopted by the state Planning Board (Junta de Planificación) for use by both private and public entities to evaluate, register, revitalize, develop or protect the built historic and cultural heritage of Puerto Rico in the context and for economic ...
As of the 2010 census, Mayagüez is the most populated pueblo in Puerto Rico with a population of 26,903, while Las Marías has the lowest population with 262 inhabitants. The largest barrio-pueblo in Puerto Rico is Fajardo with a total area of 3.23 square miles, while Toa Alta is the smallest with an area of 0.03 square miles. [7]
National Register entries listed below are found in the highlighted 12 municipalities of Puerto Rico. This is a list of properties and districts in the western municipalities of Puerto Rico that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places ( Spanish : Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos ).
Site of original 1508 Spanish settlement in Puerto Rico by Juan Ponce de León. It also represents the oldest European settlement under United States jurisdiction. Now home of the Museum of the Conquest and Colonization of Puerto Rico. Also a National Historic Landmark. 2: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro Martir de Guaynabo [c]
Map by USGS. Puerto Rico has 17 lakes, all man-made, and more than 50 rivers, most of which originate in the Cordillera Central. [86] Rivers in the northern region of the island are typically longer and of higher water flow rates than those of the south, since the south receives less rain than the central and northern regions.
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated three combined statistical areas, six metropolitan statistical areas, and four micropolitan statistical areas in Puerto Rico. [1] [2] As of 2023, the largest of these is the San Juan-Bayamón, PR CSA, comprising the area around the municipality of San Juan, the capital and largest city of Puerto Rico.