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{{Short description|Municipality of Puerto Rico}}
{{short description|Town and municipality in Puerto Rico}}
{{use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox settlement
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Las Marías
| name = Las Marías
| official_name =
| official_name =
| native_name = <small>{{lang|es|Municipio de Las Marías}}</small>
| native_name = <small>{{lang|es|Municipio de Las Marías}}</small>
| native_name_lang = es<!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "es" for Spanish. -->
| native_name_lang = es<!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "es" for Spanish. -->
| settlement_type = Town and [[Municipalities of Puerto Rico|Municipality]]
| settlement_type = [[Las Marías barrio-pueblo|Town]] and [[Municipalities of Puerto Rico|Municipality]]
| image_skyline = Las Marias sign.jpg
| image_skyline = Las Marias sign.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Sign for Las Marías on [[Puerto Rico Highway 129]]
| image_caption = Sign for Las Marías on [[Puerto Rico Highway 129]]
| image_flag = Flag of Las Marías.svg
| image_flag = Flag of Las Marías.svg
| nicknames = ''"Pueblo de la China Dulce", "Ciudad de los Cítricos"''
| image_shield = Escudo de Las Marías, Puerto Rico.svg
| anthem = ''"Por tus montes y tus aguas cristalinas"''
| nicknames = ''"Pueblo de la China Dulce", "Ciudad de los Cítricos"''
| image_map = Locator-map-Puerto-Rico-Las-Marías.svg
| anthem = ''"Por tus montes y tus aguas cristalinas"''
| image_map = Locator-map-Puerto-Rico-Las-Marías.svg
| mapsize = 300px
| map_alt =
| mapsize = 300px
| map_caption = Map of Puerto Rico highlighting Las Marías Municipality
| map_alt =
| map_caption = Map of Puerto Rico highlighting Las Marías Municipality
| coordinates = {{coord|18|15|5|N|66|59|36|W|region:US-PR|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates = {{coord|18|15|5|N|66|59|36|W|region:US-PR|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes =
| coordinates_footnotes =
| subdivision_type = [[Commonwealth (United States insular area)|Commonwealth]]
| subdivision_type = [[Sovereign state]]
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Puerto Rico}}
| subdivision_name = {{flag|United States}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Commonwealth (United States insular area)|Commonwealth]]
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| established_title = Founded
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Puerto Rico}}
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| established_date = 1871
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| established_title = Settled
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| founder =
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| established_date = 1842
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| parts_type = [[Barrios of Puerto Rico|Barrios]]
| established_title1 = Founded
| parts = 16 barrios
| established_date1 = July 1, 1871
| p1 = [[Alto Sano, Las Marías, Puerto Rico|Alto Sano]]
| p2 = [[Anones, Las Marías, Puerto Rico|Anones]]
| founder = Don Benito Recio y Moreno
| p3 = [[Bucarabones, Las Marías, Puerto Rico|Bucarabones]]
| parts_type = [[Barrios of Puerto Rico|Barrios]]
| p4 = [[Buena Vista, Las Marías, Puerto Rico|Buena Vista]]
| parts = 16 barrios
| p1 = [[Alto Sano, Las Marías, Puerto Rico|Alto Sano]]
| p5 = [[Cerrote]]
| p2 = [[Anones, Las Marías, Puerto Rico|Anones]]
| p6 = [[Chamorro, Las Marías, Puerto Rico|Chamorro]]
| p3 = [[Bucarabones, Las Marías, Puerto Rico|Bucarabones]]
| p7 = [[Espino, Las Marías, Puerto Rico|Espino]]
| p4 = [[Buena Vista, Las Marías, Puerto Rico|Buena Vista]]
| p8 = [[Furnias]]
| p5 = [[Cerrote]]
| p9 = [[Las Marías barrio-pueblo]]
| p6 = [[Chamorro, Las Marías, Puerto Rico|Chamorro]]
| p10 = [[Maravilla Este]]
| p7 = [[Espino, Las Marías, Puerto Rico|Espino]]
| p11 = [[Maravilla Norte]]
| p8 = [[Furnias]]
| p12 = [[Maravilla Sur]]
| p9 = [[Las Marías barrio-pueblo]]
| p13 = [[Naranjales, Las Marías, Puerto Rico|Naranjales]]
| p10 = [[Maravilla Este]]
| p14 = [[Palma Escrita]]
| p11 = [[Maravilla Norte]]
| p15 = [[Purísima Concepción, Las Marías, Puerto Rico|Purísima Concepción]]
| p12 = [[Maravilla Sur]]
| p16 = [[Río Cañas, Las Marías, Puerto Rico|Río Cañas]]
| p13 = [[Naranjales, Las Marías, Puerto Rico|Naranjales]]
| seat_type =
| p14 = [[Palma Escrita]]
| seat =
| p15 = [[Purísima Concepción, Las Marías, Puerto Rico|Purísima Concepción]]
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| p16 = [[Río Cañas, Las Marías, Puerto Rico|Río Cañas]]
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| government_footnotes =
| seat_type =
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| leader_party = [[New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico|NPP]]
| leader_title = [[Mayor]]
| seat =
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| government_footnotes =
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| leader_name = [[Edwin Soto Santiago]]
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| leader_party = [[New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico|NPP]]
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| leader_title1 = Senatorial&nbsp;dist.
| leader_title = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name1 = [[Puerto Rico Senatorial district IV|4 - Mayagüez]]
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| leader_name = [[Edwin Soto Santiago]]
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| leader_title2 = Representative&nbsp;dist.
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| leader_title1 = Senatorial&nbsp;dist.
| leader_name2 = 16
| area_footnotes =
| leader_name1 = [[Puerto Rico Senatorial district IV|4 - Mayagüez]]
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| leader_title2 = Representative&nbsp;dist.
| area_magnitude =
| area_total_sq_mi = 46.51
| leader_name2 = 16
| area_land_sq_mi = 46.36
| area_footnotes =
| area_water_sq_mi = .11
| area_magnitude =
| area_total_sq_mi = 46.51
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| area_water_percent =
| area_land_sq_mi = 46.36
| area_note =
| area_water_sq_mi = .11
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| unit_pref = Imperial
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| area_water_percent =
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| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
| area_note =
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| unit_pref = Imperial
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| population_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|last=Bureau|first=US Census|title=PUERTO RICO: 2020 Census|url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/state-by-state/puerto-rico-population-change-between-census-decade.html|access-date=2021-08-25|website=The United States Census Bureau|language=EN-US}}</ref>
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| elevation_footnotes =
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| population_total = 8,874
| population_as_of = 2020
| elevation_m =
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| population_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|last=Bureau|first=US Census|title=PUERTO RICO: 2020 Census|url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/state-by-state/puerto-rico-population-change-between-census-decade.html|access-date=2021-08-25|website=The United States Census Bureau|language=EN-US}}</ref>
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| population_total = 8,874
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| population_demonym = Marieños
| population_as_of = 2020
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| population_note =
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| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone1 = [[Atlantic Standard Time|AST]]
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| population_demonym = Marieños
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| utc_offset1 = &minus;4
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| population_note =
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| postal_code_type = [[ZIP Code]]
| postal_code = 00670
| timezone1 = [[Atlantic Standard Time|AST]]
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| utc_offset1 = &minus;4
| area_code = [[Telephone numbers in Puerto Rico|787/939]]
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| postal_code_type = [[ZIP Code]]
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| blank_name_sec1 = [[List of highways in Puerto Rico|Major routes]]
| postal_code = 00670
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| blank_info_sec1 = [[File:PR secondary 106.svg|31px|link=Puerto Rico Highway 106]] [[File:PR secondary 108.svg|31px|link=Puerto Rico Highway 108]] [[File:PR secondary 119.svg|31px|link=Puerto Rico Highway 119]] [[File:PR secondary 120.svg|31px|link=Puerto Rico Highway 120]] [[File:PR secondary 124.svg|31px|link=Puerto Rico Highway 124]]
| website =
| area_code = [[Telephone numbers in Puerto Rico|787/939]]
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| blank_name_sec1 = [[List of highways in Puerto Rico|Major routes]]
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| footnotes =
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| blank_info_sec1 = [[File:PR secondary 106.svg|31px|link=Puerto Rico Highway 106]] [[File:PR secondary 108.svg|31px|link=Puerto Rico Highway 108]] [[File:PR secondary 119.svg|31px|link=Puerto Rico Highway 119]] [[File:PR secondary 120.svg|31px|link=Puerto Rico Highway 120]] [[File:PR secondary 124.svg|31px|link=Puerto Rico Highway 124]]
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| website =
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| footnotes =
| population_rank = [[Municipalities of Puerto Rico|75th]] in Puerto Rico
}}
}}
'''Las Marías''' ({{IPA-es|las maˈrias}}) is a [[Municipalities of Puerto Rico|municipality]] of [[Puerto Rico]] located north of [[Maricao, Puerto Rico|Maricao]]; southeast of [[Añasco, Puerto Rico|Añasco]]; south of [[San Sebastián, Puerto Rico|San Sebastián]]; east of [[Mayagüez, Puerto Rico|Mayagüez]]; and west of [[Lares, Puerto Rico|Lares]]. Las Marías is spread over 13 [[Barrios of Puerto Rico|barrios]] and Las Marías Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city).
'''Las Marías''' ({{IPA|es|las maˈrias}}, {{IPA|es|ˌlaʔ maˈɾiaʔ|local}}) is a [[Las Marías barrio-pueblo|town]] and [[Municipalities of Puerto Rico|municipality]] of [[Puerto Rico]] located north of [[Maricao, Puerto Rico|Maricao]]; southeast of [[Añasco, Puerto Rico|Añasco]]; south of [[San Sebastián, Puerto Rico|San Sebastián]]; east of [[Mayagüez, Puerto Rico|Mayagüez]]; and west of [[Lares, Puerto Rico|Lares]]. Las Marías is spread over 13 [[Barrios of Puerto Rico|barrios]] and [[Las Marías barrio-pueblo|Las Marías Pueblo]] (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city).


==History==
==History==
Las Marías was founded on July 1, 1871. Don Benito Recio and Moreno were the acting mayor during the founding of Las Marías.
Las Marías was founded on July 1, 1871. Don Benito Recio y Moreno was the acting mayor during the founding of Las Marías.


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 a territory of the United States. in 1899, the United States conducted its first census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Las Marías was 11,279.<ref name="OfficeSanger1900">{{cite book|author1=Joseph Prentiss Sanger|author2=Henry Gannett|author3=Walter Francis Willcox|title=Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office|url=https://archive.org/details/informesobreelc00joangoog|year=1900|publisher=Imprenta del gobierno|page=[https://archive.org/details/informesobreelc00joangoog/page/n255 164]|language=es|access-date=2020-03-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115044918/http://archive.org/details/informesobreelc00joangoog|archive-date=2012-11-15|url-status=live}}</ref>
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 a territory of the [[United States]]. In 1899, the [[United States Department of War]] conducted a [[census]] of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Las Marías was 11,279.<ref name="OfficeSanger1900">{{cite book|author1=Joseph Prentiss Sanger|author2=Henry Gannett|author3=Walter Francis Willcox|title=Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office|url=https://archive.org/details/informesobreelc00joangoog|year=1900|publisher=Imprenta del gobierno|page=[https://archive.org/details/informesobreelc00joangoog/page/n255 164]|language=es|access-date=2020-03-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115044918/https://archive.org/details/informesobreelc00joangoog|archive-date=2012-11-15|url-status=live}}</ref>


Hurricane Maria on September 20, 2017 triggered numerous landslides in Las Marías. In some areas of Las Marías there were more than 25 landslides per square mile due to the significant amount of rainfall.<ref name="USGS_Maria_Landslides">{{cite web |title=Preliminary Locations of Landslide Impacts from Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico |url=https://landslides.usgs.gov/research/featured/2017/maria-pr/ |website=USGS Landslide Hazards Program |publisher=USGS |access-date=2019-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303143147/https://landslides.usgs.gov/research/featured/2017/maria-pr/ |archive-date=2019-03-03 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="USGS_Maria_Landslides map">{{cite web |title=Preliminary Locations of Landslide Impacts from Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico |url=https://landslides.usgs.gov/research/featured/2017/maria-pr/images/PR_Maria_LS_density_map.pdf |website=USGS Landslide Hazards Program |publisher=USGS |access-date=2019-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303143147/https://landslides.usgs.gov/research/featured/2017/maria-pr/images/PR_Maria_LS_density_map.pdf |archive-date=2019-03-03 |url-status=live }}</ref>
On September 20, 2017 [[Hurricane Maria]] struck the island of Puerto Rico. In Las Marías, multiple landslides left highways covered in mud, trees and debris.<ref>{{cite news | title=María, un nombre que no vamos a olvidar. Las Marías: el desplome de la montaña| trans-title=Maria, a name we will never forget. Las Marías: the mountain came down|newspaper=El Nuevo Día| date=2019-06-13 | url=https://huracanmaria.elnuevodia.com/2017/municipio/las-marias/| language=es | access-date=2022-09-11}}</ref> In some areas of Las Marías there were more than 25 landslides per square mile due to the significant amount of rainfall and wind.<ref name="USGS_Maria_Landslides">{{cite web |title=Preliminary Locations of Landslide Impacts from Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico |url=https://landslides.usgs.gov/research/featured/2017/maria-pr/ |website=USGS Landslide Hazards Program |publisher=USGS |access-date=2019-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303143147/https://landslides.usgs.gov/research/featured/2017/maria-pr/ |archive-date=2019-03-03 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="USGS_Maria_Landslides map">{{cite web |title=Preliminary Locations of Landslide Impacts from Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico |url=https://landslides.usgs.gov/research/featured/2017/maria-pr/images/PR_Maria_LS_density_map.pdf |website=USGS Landslide Hazards Program |publisher=USGS |access-date=2019-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303143147/https://landslides.usgs.gov/research/featured/2017/maria-pr/images/PR_Maria_LS_density_map.pdf |archive-date=2019-03-03 |url-status=live }}</ref>


== Geography ==
== Geography ==
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[[File:Las Marías, Puerto Rico locator map.png|thumb|Subdivisions of Las Marías|left]]
Las Marías is located on the central western side of Puerto Rico. According to the 2010 [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the municipality has a total area of {{convert|46.51 |sqmi}}, of which {{convert|46.36|sqmi}} is land and 0.11 square mile (0.28&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) is water.<ref name="PR_Ency">{{cite web|url=https://enciclopediapr.org/en/encyclopedia/las-marias-municipality/|title=Las Marías Municipality|publisher=Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades (FPH)|website=enciclopediapr.org}}</ref>
Las Marías is located on the central western side of Puerto Rico. According to the 2010 [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the municipality has a total area of {{convert|46.51 |sqmi}}, of which {{convert|46.36|sqmi}} is land and 0.11 square mile (0.28&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) is water.<ref name="PR_Ency">{{cite web|url=https://enciclopediapr.org/en/encyclopedia/las-marias-municipality/|title=Las Marías Municipality|publisher=Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades (FPH)|website=enciclopediapr.org}}</ref>


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===Barrios===
===Barrios===
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Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Las Marías is subdivided into [[Barrios of Puerto Rico|barrios]]. The municipal buildings, central square and large Catholic church are located near the center of the municipality, in a small barrio referred to as {{lang|es|"el pueblo"}}.<ref name="Pico_1969">{{cite book |last1=Picó |first1=Rafael |last2=Buitrago de Santiago |first2=Zayda |last3=Berrios |first3=Hector H. |title=Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. |year=1969 |url=https://archive.org/details/nuevageografad00pic/page/247 |publisher=San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969 |access-date=2018-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226171916/https://archive.org/details/nuevageografad00pic/page/247 |archive-date=2018-12-26 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Law2015">{{cite book|author=Gwillim Law|title=Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=nXCeCQAAQBAJ|access-date=25 December 2018|date=20 May 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-0447-3|page=300}}</ref><ref name="US2010Census" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://welcome.topuertorico.org/maps/lasmarias.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324204920/http://welcome.topuertorico.org/maps/lasmarias.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2018-03-24 |title=Map of Las Marías at the Wayback Machine|access-date=2018-12-29 }}</ref>
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[[File:Las Marías, Puerto Rico locator map.png|thumb|Subdivisions of Las Marías]]
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Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Las Marías is subdivided into [[Barrios of Puerto Rico|barrios]]. The municipal buildings, central square and large Catholic church are located near the center of the municipality, in a small barrio referred to as {{lang|es|"el pueblo"}}.<ref name="Pico_1969">{{cite book |last1=Picó |first1=Rafael |last2=Buitrago de Santiago |first2=Zayda |last3=Berrios |first3=Hector H. |title=Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. |url=https://archive.org/details/nuevageografad00pic/page/247 |publisher=San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969 |access-date=2018-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226171916/https://archive.org/details/nuevageografad00pic/page/247 |archive-date=2018-12-26 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Law2015">{{cite book|author=Gwillim Law|title=Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=nXCeCQAAQBAJ|access-date=25 December 2018|date=20 May 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-0447-3|page=300}}</ref><ref name="US2010Census" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://welcome.topuertorico.org/maps/lasmarias.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324204920/http://welcome.topuertorico.org/maps/lasmarias.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2018-03-24 |title=Map of Las Marías at the Wayback Machine|access-date=2018-12-29 }}</ref>
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#[[Alto Sano, Las Marías, Puerto Rico|Alto Sano]]
#[[Alto Sano, Las Marías, Puerto Rico|Alto Sano]]
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===Sectors===
===Sectors===
{{See|List of barrios and sectors of Las Marías, Puerto Rico}}
{{Further|List of barrios and sectors of Las Marías, Puerto Rico}}
Barrios (which are like [[minor civil divisions]])<ref name="Barrio-Pueblo">{{cite web |title=US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm |website=factfinder.com |publisher=US Census |access-date=5 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513190743/https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm |archive-date=13 May 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presupuesto.pr.gov/Presupuesto2015-2016/PresupuestosAgencias/229.htm|title=Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)|website=Puerto Rico Budgets|language=es|access-date=28 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628234856/http://www.presupuesto.pr.gov/Presupuesto2015-2016/PresupuestosAgencias/229.htm|archive-date=28 June 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Rivera Quintero, Marcia | title=El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 | publication-date=2014 | publisher=San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón | edition=first | isbn=978-0-9820806-1-0 }}</ref><ref name="Law 1-2001">{{cite web|url=http://www.lexjuris.com/lexlex/Leyes2001/lex2001001.htm|title=Leyes del 2001|website=Lex Juris Puerto Rico|language=es|access-date=24 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914224408/http://www.lexjuris.com/lexlex/Leyes2001/lex2001001.htm|archive-date=14 September 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Barrios (which are like [[minor civil divisions]])<ref name="Barrio-Pueblo">{{cite web |title=US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm |website=factfinder.com |publisher=US Census |access-date=5 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513190743/https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm |archive-date=13 May 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> are further subdivided into smaller areas called {{lang|es|sectores}} (''sectors'' in English). The types of ''sectores'' may vary, from normally ''sector'' to ''urbanización'' to ''reparto'' to ''barriada'' to ''residencial'', among others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presupuesto.pr.gov/Presupuesto2015-2016/PresupuestosAgencias/229.htm|title=Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)|website=Puerto Rico Budgets|language=es|access-date=28 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628234856/http://www.presupuesto.pr.gov/Presupuesto2015-2016/PresupuestosAgencias/229.htm|archive-date=28 June 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Rivera Quintero, Marcia | title=El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 | publication-date=2014 | publisher=San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón | edition=first | isbn=978-0-9820806-1-0 }}</ref><ref name="Law 1-2001">{{cite web|url=http://www.lexjuris.com/lexlex/Leyes2001/lex2001001.htm|title=Leyes del 2001|website=Lex Juris Puerto Rico|language=es|access-date=24 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914224408/http://www.lexjuris.com/lexlex/Leyes2001/lex2001001.htm|archive-date=14 September 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>


===Special Communities===
===Special Communities===
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==Tourism==
==Tourism==
Paradise Camping Coffee Farm is a place for ecotourism and camping in Las Marías.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hipcamp.com/puerto-rico/paradise-camping/paradise-camping-coffee-farm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711141729/https://www.hipcamp.com/puerto-rico/paradise-camping/paradise-camping-coffee-farm |archive-date=2019-07-11 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Paradise Camping Coffee Farm is a place for [[ecotourism]] and [[camping]] in Las Marías.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hipcamp.com/puerto-rico/paradise-camping/paradise-camping-coffee-farm |title=Paradise Camping Coffee Farm, Paradise Camping, PR: 20 Photos |access-date=2019-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711141729/https://www.hipcamp.com/puerto-rico/paradise-camping/paradise-camping-coffee-farm |archive-date=2019-07-11 |url-status=live }}</ref>


===Landmarks and places of interest===
===Landmarks and places of interest===
Places of interest in Las Marías include:<ref>{{cite web | title=Las Marías | website=Discover Puerto Rico | url=https://www.discoverpuertorico.com/regions/las-marias | access-date=December 26, 2021}}</ref>
*Barrietos Cavern
*{{lang|es|La Casona de Artemio}}
*Fronteras Hacienda
*Planell Hacienda
*{{lang|es|Hacienda Palma Escrita}}
*Rullán Hacienda
*{{lang|es|Hacienda Frontera}}
*{{lang|es|Finca Enseñat}}
*San Calisto Hacienda
*San Carlos Plaza
*Paco Gaztambide Sugar Mill Ruins
*Las Canadindias


==Economy==
==Economy==
===Agriculture===
===Agriculture===
*Agriculture: bananas, coffee, and citrus.
*Agriculture: [[banana]]s, [[coffee]], and [[citrus]].


===Industry===
===Industry===
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Other festivals and events celebrated in Las Marías include:
Other festivals and events celebrated in Las Marías include:
* January - Three King's Festival
* January - [[Epiphany (holiday)|Three King's]] Festival
* March - Orange Festival ({{lang|es|Festival de las Chinas}}). At the 2019 festival, a big name band, [[El Gran Combo]] performed at the festival, and a group of [[troubadour]]s from [[Cuba]] performed with local Puerto Rican troubadours.<ref name="Rí Vocero 2019">{{cite web | last=Rí | first=Melissa Cruz | last2=Vocero | first2=El | title=Descubre Las Marías el pueblo de la china | website=El Vocero de Puerto Rico | date=16 March 2019 | url=https://www.elvocero.com/actualidad/descubre-las-mar-as-el-pueblo-de-la-china/article_d8f51e42-4744-11e9-a129-8f61d4669abb.html | language=es | access-date=17 August 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817112641/https://www.elvocero.com/actualidad/descubre-las-mar-as-el-pueblo-de-la-china/article_d8f51e42-4744-11e9-a129-8f61d4669abb.html | archive-date=17 August 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Cancelación de eventos por coronavirus | website=Primera Hora | date=2020-03-13 | url=https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/puerto-rico/notas/cancelacion-de-eventos-por-coronavirus/ | language=es | access-date=2020-07-18 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718152426/https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/puerto-rico/notas/cancelacion-de-eventos-por-coronavirus/ | archive-date=2020-07-18 | url-status=live }}</ref>
* March - Orange Festival ({{lang|es|Festival de las Chinas}}). At the 2019 festival, a big name band, [[El Gran Combo]] performed at the festival, and a group of [[troubadour]]s from [[Cuba]] performed with local Puerto Rican troubadours.<ref name="Rí Vocero 2019">{{cite web | last1=Rí | first1=Melissa Cruz | last2=Vocero | first2=El | title=Descubre Las Marías el pueblo de la china | website=El Vocero de Puerto Rico | date=16 March 2019 | url=https://www.elvocero.com/actualidad/descubre-las-mar-as-el-pueblo-de-la-china/article_d8f51e42-4744-11e9-a129-8f61d4669abb.html | language=es | access-date=17 August 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817112641/https://www.elvocero.com/actualidad/descubre-las-mar-as-el-pueblo-de-la-china/article_d8f51e42-4744-11e9-a129-8f61d4669abb.html | archive-date=17 August 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Cancelación de eventos por coronavirus | website=Primera Hora | date=2020-03-13 | url=https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/puerto-rico/notas/cancelacion-de-eventos-por-coronavirus/ | language=es | access-date=2020-07-18 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718152426/https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/puerto-rico/notas/cancelacion-de-eventos-por-coronavirus/ | archive-date=2020-07-18 | url-status=live }}</ref>
* March - Festival to commemorate the founding of Las Marías ({{lang|es|Festival de Las Marías}})<ref name="Rí Vocero 2019" />
* March - Festival to commemorate the founding of Las Marías ({{lang|es|Festival de Las Marías}})<ref name="Rí Vocero 2019" />


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Like all municipalities in [[Puerto Rico]], Las Marías is administered by a mayor. The current mayor is [[Edwin Soto Santiago]], from the [[New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)|New Progressive Party]] (PNP). Soto Santiago was elected during the [[2016 Puerto Rican general election|2016 general election]], having previously served office from 1997 to 2013.
Like all municipalities in [[Puerto Rico]], Las Marías is administered by a mayor. The current mayor is [[Edwin Soto Santiago]], from the [[New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)|New Progressive Party]] (PNP). Soto Santiago was elected during the [[2016 Puerto Rican general election|2016 general election]], having previously served office from 1997 to 2013.


The municipality belongs to the [[Puerto Rico Senatorial District IV]], which is represented by two Senators. In 2016, [[Luis Daniel Muñiz|Luis Daniel Muñiz Cortés]] and [[Evelyn Vázquez]] were elected as District Senators.<ref>[http://div1.ceepur.org/REYDI_Escrutinio/index.html#es/default_list/LEGISLADORES_MUNICIPALES_MUNICIPIOS.xml Elecciones Generales 2012: Escrutinio General] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115040903/http://div1.ceepur.org/REYDI_Escrutinio/index.html |date=2013-01-15 }} on CEEPUR</ref>
The municipality belongs to the [[Puerto Rico Senatorial District IV]], which is represented by two senators. In 2016, [[Luis Daniel Muñiz|Luis Daniel Muñiz Cortés]] and [[Evelyn Vázquez]] were elected as District Senators.<ref>[http://div1.ceepur.org/REYDI_Escrutinio/index.html#es/default_list/LEGISLADORES_MUNICIPALES_MUNICIPIOS.xml Elecciones Generales 2012: Escrutinio General] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115040903/http://div1.ceepur.org/REYDI_Escrutinio/index.html |date=2013-01-15 }} on CEEPUR</ref>


==Transportation==
==Transportation==
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===Coat of arms===
===Coat of arms===
The shield is divided into six parts with three in silver and three in blue. A "María" tree (Calophylum brasiliense antillanum), with a pair of coffee tree branches to the sides of its trunk, adorns each silver part. The monogram and crown of Nuestra Señora la Santísima Virgen de Plata is placed in the top center portion of the shield. The shield's border is red with a broken chain at the bottom. Above the shield resides three tower crown in gold.<ref name="PR_Ency" /><ref name="LexJuris (Leyes y Jurisprudencia) de Puerto Rico 2020" />
The shield is divided into six parts with three in silver and three in blue. A ''María tree'' (''[[Calophylum brasiliense antillanum]]''), with a pair of coffee tree branches to the sides of its trunk, adorns each silver part. The monogram and crown of ''Nuestra Señora la Santísima Virgen de Plata'' is placed in the top center portion of the shield. The shield's border is red with a broken chain at the bottom. Above the shield resides three tower crown in gold.<ref name="PR_Ency" /><ref name="LexJuris (Leyes y Jurisprudencia) de Puerto Rico 2020" />


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://welcome.topuertorico.org/city/lasmar.shtml Welcome to Puerto Rico! Las Marías]
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Latest revision as of 16:46, 30 September 2024

Las Marías
Municipio de Las Marías
Town and Municipality
Sign for Las Marías on Puerto Rico Highway 129
Sign for Las Marías on Puerto Rico Highway 129
Flag of Las Marías
Flag
Coat of arms of Las Marías
Coat of arms
Nicknames: 
"Pueblo de la China Dulce", "Ciudad de los Cítricos"
Anthem: "Por tus montes y tus aguas cristalinas"
Map of Puerto Rico highlighting Las Marías Municipality
Map of Puerto Rico highlighting Las Marías Municipality
Coordinates: 18°15′5″N 66°59′36″W / 18.25139°N 66.99333°W / 18.25139; -66.99333
Sovereign state United States
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Settled1842
FoundedJuly 1, 1871
Founded byDon Benito Recio y Moreno
Barrios
16 barrios
Government
 • MayorEdwin Soto Santiago (NPP)
 • Senatorial dist.4 - Mayagüez
 • Representative dist.16
Area
 • Total
46.51 sq mi (120.5 km2)
 • Land46.36 sq mi (120.1 km2)
 • Water.11 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total
8,874
 • Rank75th in Puerto Rico
 • Density190/sq mi (74/km2)
DemonymMarieños
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)
ZIP Code
00670
Area code787/939
Major routes

Las Marías (Spanish pronunciation: [las maˈrias], locally [ˌlaʔ maˈɾiaʔ]) is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located north of Maricao; southeast of Añasco; south of San Sebastián; east of Mayagüez; and west of Lares. Las Marías is spread over 13 barrios and Las Marías Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city).

History

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Las Marías was founded on July 1, 1871. Don Benito Recio y Moreno was the acting mayor during the founding of Las Marías.

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 a territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Las Marías was 11,279.[2]

On September 20, 2017 Hurricane Maria struck the island of Puerto Rico. In Las Marías, multiple landslides left highways covered in mud, trees and debris.[3] In some areas of Las Marías there were more than 25 landslides per square mile due to the significant amount of rainfall and wind.[4][5]

Geography

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Subdivisions of Las Marías

Las Marías is located on the central western side of Puerto Rico. According to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau, the municipality has a total area of 46.51 square miles (120.5 km2), of which 46.36 square miles (120.1 km2) is land and 0.11 square mile (0.28 km2) is water.[6]

Río Grande de Añasco (also known as Río Guacio) is located in Las Marías.

Barrios

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Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Las Marías is subdivided into barrios. The municipal buildings, central square and large Catholic church are located near the center of the municipality, in a small barrio referred to as "el pueblo".[7][8][9][10]

  1. Alto Sano
  2. Anones
  3. Bucarabones
  4. Buena Vista
  5. Cerrote
  6. Chamorro
  7. Espino
  8. Furnias
  9. Las Marías barrio-pueblo
  10. Maravilla Este
  11. Maravilla Norte
  12. Maravilla Sur
  13. Naranjales
  14. Palma Escrita
  15. Purísima Concepción
  16. Río Cañas

Sectors

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Further information: List of barrios and sectors of Las Marías, Puerto Rico

Barrios (which are like minor civil divisions)[11] are further subdivided into smaller areas called sectores (sectors in English). The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.[12][13][14]

Special Communities

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See also: Puerto Rico Office for Socioeconomic and Community Development

Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico (Special Communities of Puerto Rico) are marginalized communities whose citizens are experiencing a certain amount of social exclusion. A map shows these communities occur in nearly every municipality of the commonwealth. Of the 742 places that were on the list in 2014, the following 7 sectors were in Adjuntas: Sector La Josefa in Bucarabones, Sector Bryan in Cerróte, Sector Chamorro in Cerróte, Sector Palo Prieto in Palma Escrita, Sector Plato Indio in Río Cañas, Las Juanitas in Furnias, and Sector Santa Rosa in Furnias.[15][16]

Demographics

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
190011,279—
191010,046−10.9%
192010,7366.9%
19308,881−17.3%
19409,6268.4%
195010,80712.3%
19609,237−14.5%
19707,841−15.1%
19808,74711.6%
19909,3066.4%
200011,06118.9%
20109,881−10.7%
20208,874−10.2%
U.S. Decennial Census[17]
1899 (shown as 1900)[18] 1910-1930[19]
1930-1950[20] 1960-2000[21] 2010[9] 2020[22]

Tourism

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Paradise Camping Coffee Farm is a place for ecotourism and camping in Las Marías.[24]

Landmarks and places of interest

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Places of interest in Las Marías include:[25]

  • La Casona de Artemio
  • Hacienda Palma Escrita
  • Hacienda Frontera
  • Finca Enseñat

Economy

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Agriculture

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Industry

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  • Manufacturing: clothing.

Culture

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Festivals and events

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Las Marías celebrates its patron saint festival in December. The Fiestas Patronales Inmaculada Concepción de María is a religious and cultural celebration that generally features parades, games, artisans, amusement rides, regional food, and live entertainment.[6][26]

Other festivals and events celebrated in Las Marías include:

  • January - Three King's Festival
  • March - Orange Festival (Festival de las Chinas). At the 2019 festival, a big name band, El Gran Combo performed at the festival, and a group of troubadours from Cuba performed with local Puerto Rican troubadours.[27][28]
  • March - Festival to commemorate the founding of Las Marías (Festival de Las Marías)[27]

Government

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Main article: Mayoralty in Puerto Rico

Like all municipalities in Puerto Rico, Las Marías is administered by a mayor. The current mayor is Edwin Soto Santiago, from the New Progressive Party (PNP). Soto Santiago was elected during the 2016 general election, having previously served office from 1997 to 2013.

The municipality belongs to the Puerto Rico Senatorial District IV, which is represented by two senators. In 2016, Luis Daniel Muñiz Cortés and Evelyn Vázquez were elected as District Senators.[29]

Transportation

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There are 13 bridges in Las Marías.[30]

Symbols

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The municipio has an official flag and coat of arms.[31]

Flag

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The flag is divided by an imaginary diagonal line whose ends are the upper left angle of the flag and the opposite lower angle. The upper part is yellow and the lower half is green. The yellow portion represents the sun bathing the town and the green portion represents the nature and vegetation of the municipality.[6][32]

Coat of arms

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The shield is divided into six parts with three in silver and three in blue. A María tree (Calophylum brasiliense antillanum), with a pair of coffee tree branches to the sides of its trunk, adorns each silver part. The monogram and crown of Nuestra Señora la Santísima Virgen de Plata is placed in the top center portion of the shield. The shield's border is red with a broken chain at the bottom. Above the shield resides three tower crown in gold.[6][32]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Bureau, US Census. "PUERTO RICO: 2020 Census". The United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 25, 2021. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ 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. 164. Archived from the original on November 15, 2012. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  3. ^ "María, un nombre que no vamos a olvidar. Las Marías: el desplome de la montaña" [Maria, a name we will never forget. Las Marías: the mountain came down]. El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). June 13, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
  4. ^ "Preliminary Locations of Landslide Impacts from Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico". USGS Landslide Hazards Program. USGS. Archived from the original on March 3, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  5. ^ "Preliminary Locations of Landslide Impacts from Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico" (PDF). USGS Landslide Hazards Program. USGS. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 3, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d "Las Marías Municipality". enciclopediapr.org. Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades (FPH).
  7. ^ Picó, Rafael; Buitrago de Santiago, Zayda; Berrios, Hector H. (1969). 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. Archived from the original on December 26, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  8. ^ Gwillim Law (May 20, 2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-4766-0447-3. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  9. ^ a b 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 February 20, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  10. ^ "Map of Las Marías at the Wayback Machine" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 24, 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
  11. ^ "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on May 13, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  12. ^ "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 28, 2019. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  13. ^ Rivera Quintero, Marcia (2014), El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 (first ed.), San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón, ISBN 978-0-9820806-1-0
  14. ^ "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Archived from the original on September 14, 2018. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  15. ^ Rivera Quintero, Marcia (2014), El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 (1st ed.), San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón, p. 273, ISBN 978-0-9820806-1-0
  16. ^ "Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico" (in Spanish). August 8, 2011. Archived from the original on June 24, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  17. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  18. ^ "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.
  19. ^ "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.
  20. ^ "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.
  21. ^ "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.
  22. ^ Bureau, US Census. "PUERTO RICO: 2020 Census". The United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 25, 2021. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  23. ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on December 27, 1996. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  24. ^ "Paradise Camping Coffee Farm, Paradise Camping, PR: 20 Photos". Archived from the original on July 11, 2019. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  25. ^ "Las Marías". Discover Puerto Rico. Retrieved December 26, 2021.
  26. ^ "Puerto Rico Festivales, Eventos y Actividades en Puerto Rico". Puerto Rico Hoteles y Paradores (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 26, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  27. ^ a b Rí, Melissa Cruz; Vocero, El (March 16, 2019). "Descubre Las Marías el pueblo de la china". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 17, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  28. ^ "Cancelación de eventos por coronavirus". Primera Hora (in Spanish). March 13, 2020. Archived from the original on July 18, 2020. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  29. ^ Elecciones Generales 2012: Escrutinio General Archived 2013-01-15 at the Wayback Machine on CEEPUR
  30. ^ "Las Marías Bridges". National Bridge Inventory Data. US Dept. of Transportation. Archived from the original on February 21, 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
  31. ^ "Ley Núm. 70 de 2006 -Ley para disponer la oficialidad de la bandera y el escudo de los setenta y ocho (78) municipios". LexJuris de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  32. ^ a b "LAS MARIAS". LexJuris (Leyes y Jurisprudencia) de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). February 19, 2020. Archived from the original on February 19, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
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