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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]
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.
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.
2010 US Census map of Subdivisions, Subbarrios, and Places in San Juan. The municipality of San Juan is divided into 18 barrios, 16 of which fall within the former (until 1951) municipality of Río Piedras.
Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Canóvanas is subdivided into administrative units called barrios, which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions. [1] The barrios and subbarrios, [2] in turn, are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (sectors in English).
Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Aguada is subdivided into administrative units called barrios, which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions, [1] (and means wards or boroughs or neighborhoods in English).
Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Arecibo is subdivided into administrative units called barrios, which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions. [1] The barrios and subbarrios, [ 2 ] in turn, are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores ( sectors in English).
Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, San Sebastián is subdivided into administrative units called barrios, which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions, [1] (and means wards or boroughs or neighborhoods in English).