Florida Adentro, Florida, Puerto Rico

Florida Adentro is a barrio in the municipality of Florida, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 12,680.[3][4][5]

For other uses, see Florida.
Florida Adentro
Barrio
Government building in Florida
Florida Adentro
Coordinates: 18°22′26″N 66°33′36″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Florida
Area
 • Total15.22 sq mi (39.4 km2)
 • Land15.21 sq mi (39.4 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation633 ft (193 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total12,680
 • Density833.7/sq mi (321.9/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)
ZIP Code
00650

History

Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States conducted its first census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Florida Adentro barrio was 2,002.[6]

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
19807,232—
19908,68920.1%
200012,36742.3%
201012,6802.5%
U.S. Decennial Census[7]
1899 (shown as 1900)[8] 1910-1930[9]
1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12]

Sectors

Barrios (which are roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[13] are subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (sectors in English). The types of sectores may vary, from sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.[14][15][16][17]

The following sectors are in Florida Adentro barrio:[18]

Alturas de Yanes 2da., Alturas de Yanes 3ra., Florida Gardens Apartments, Avenida Heriberto González (Carretera 6642), Calle Antonio Alcázar, Calle Charlie Montoyo, Calle Delicias Norte, Calle Delicias Sur, Calle Julio Reina (formerly Extensión Calle Jazmín), Calle Manuel Colón, Calle Roberto González, Calle Valle Verde, Carretera 140, Comunidad Alturas de Pajonal, Comunidad Arroyo, Comunidad La Fuente, Edificio Mieses, Égida de Florida, Parcelas Alturas de Yanes 1ra, Parcelas Selgas I, Parcelas Selgas II y Extensión Selgas (Los Quemaos), Reparto Ceiba, Reparto Diana, Reparto Martínez, Reparto Rita Mar, Reparto San Agustín, Residencial Villas de Florida, Residencial Florida Housing, Sector Aguacate, Sector Ceiba, Sector Comisión, Sector Dorta, Sector El Hoyo, Sector Fogones, Sector Juana Gómez, Sector La Maldonado, Sector La Vázquez, Sector La Villamil, Sector Los Guanos, Sector Los Mangoses, Sector Pajonal, Sector Perol, Sector Pueblo Viejo, Sector Pueblo, Sector Puerto Blanco, Sector Riachuelo, Sector San Agustín, Sector San José, Sector San Luis, Sector Tosas, Sector Valle Encantado, Urbanización Altos de Florida, Urbanización Altos de Florida II, Urbanización Alturas de Florida, Urbanización Colinas de Lourdes, Urbanización Country Hills, Urbanización Estancias de Arroyo, Urbanización Estancias de Florida, Urbanización Estancias de la Ceiba, Urbanización Estancias de Lourdes, Urbanización Haciendas Florida, Urbanización Jardines de Florida, Urbanización Las Flores, Urbanización San José, Urbanización Seoane, and Urbanización Vegas de Florida.

See also

References
  1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Florida Adentro 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. "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  8. "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  9. "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  10. "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  11. "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  12. Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  13. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  14. 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.
  15. "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  16. 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
  17. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  18. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL FLORIDA 024" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2019.


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