Borinquen, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

Barrio of Puerto Rico

Barrio in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

Borinquen

Barrio

Area of La Poza de Pachy in Playuela, a sector and beach in Borinquen

Borinquen

Location of Puerto Rico

Coordinates: 18°28′20″N 67°09′40″W﻿ / ﻿18.472249°N 67.161209°W﻿ / 18.472249; -67.161209[1]
Commonwealth|  Puerto Rico
Municipality|  Aguadilla
Area

[1]

• Total

| 4.57 sq mi (11.8 km2)
• Land| 3.33 sq mi (8.6 km2)
• Water| 1.24 sq mi (3.2 km2)
Elevation

[2]

| 66 ft (20 m)
Population

(2010)

• Total

| 7,415
• Density| 2,233.4/sq mi (862.3/km2)
| Source: 2010 Census
Time zone| UTC−4 (AST)

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

## History

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Borinquen was in Spain's gazetteers[6] until 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 Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Borinquen barrio was 1,271.[7]

Historical population Census| Pop.| Note| %±

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|
|

1900| 1,271| | —
1940| 2,501| | —
1950| 3,586| | 43.4%
1960| 3,771| | 5.2%
1970| 0| | −100.0%
1980| 9,031| | —
1990| 8,072| | −10.6%
2000| 8,386| | 3.9%
2010| 7,415| | −11.6%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900)[8] 1910-1930[9]
1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12]

## Geography

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Playuela Beach in Borinquen is a beach with 4,000 feet (1,200 m) of coastline.[13] A project to build hotels at Playuela Beach was in the works in 2017.[14][15]

## Sectors

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Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[16] 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.[17][18][19][20][21]

The following sectors are in Borinquen barrio:[22]

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.

## Gallery

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Scenes in Borinquen:

* Nathan Mitchell and a wave at Gas Chambers Beach

* Puente del Chapey

* Puente del Chapey

## See also

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* Puerto Rico portal

* List of communities in Puerto Rico
* List of barrios and sectors of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
* Rail transport in Puerto Rico

## References

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1. ^ a b "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. ^ "Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881". Biblioteca Nacional de España (in Spanish). p. 1614. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
7. ^ 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.
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. ^ "Playuela - Aguadilla". Discover Puerto Rico. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
14. ^ "Denuncian prohibición de acceso a las playas de Playuela". La Isla Oeste (in Spanish). 21 July 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
15. ^ Mujer, Nueva (21 July 2017). "Playuela: CMG defiende bloqueo acceso "en carro" a playas de surf (video)". ElCalce (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 September 2020.
16. ^ "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
17. ^ 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.
18. ^ "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
19. ^ 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
20. ^ "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2019.
21. ^ "Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico" (in Spanish). 8 August 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
22. ^ "PRECINTO ELECTORAL AGUADILLA 035" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 30 January 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 25, 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.

## External links

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* U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Borinquen

*[Pop.]: Population
*[%±]: Percent change