Borinquen, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

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

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[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)

History

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	%±
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

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

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

Scenes in Borinquen:

• 
  Nathan Mitchell and a wave at Gas Chambers Beach
• 
  Puente del Chapey
• 
  Puente del Chapey

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

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