Florida, Puerto Rico
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official_name = Florida, Puerto Rico |
nickname = Pueblo de la Piña Cayenalisa", "La Tierra del Río Encantado", "Tierra de los Mogotes|
image_flag = Flag of Florida, Puerto Rico.svg |
image_seal = |
population_blank1 = Florideños|population_blank1_title=[[Demonym|Gentilic]]|image_map = Map of Puerto Rico highlighting Florida.svg|
map_caption = Location within the island of [[Puerto Rico]] |
established_date = 1971 |
established_title=Founded||leader_title=[[Mayor]]|
leader_name = Hon. Aaron Pargas Ojeda |
political party = Partido Nuevo Progresista|
leader_party = PNP |
leader_title1=Senatorial dist.|
leader_name1= 3 - Arecibo|
leader_title2=Representative dist.|
leader_name2 = 13|
area_magnitude = 1 E9 |
area_total_km2 = 26|
area_land_km2 = |
area_water_km2 = |
population_as_of = 2000 |
population_note = |
population_total = 12367|
population_footnotes= |
population_density_km2 = 475.6|
latitude = 18°0'36" N |
longitude = 66°22'12" W |
website = |
footnotes = Anthem – '''"Florida jardín hermoso"''' |
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'''Florida''' ({{IPA|flo'ɾida}}) is a [[municipality]] of [[Puerto Rico]] located north of [[Ciales, Puerto Rico|Ciales]], south of [[Barceloneta, Puerto Rico|Barceloneta]], east of [[Arecibo]], and west of [[Manatí, Puerto Rico|Manatí]]. Florida is spread over one ward and Florida Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city).
==History==
Florida, founded [[1971]] (June, 14), is the last municipality founded in [[Puerto Rico]]. Florida is known as ''"La Tierra del Río Encantado"'' (The Land of the Enchanted River).
Originally known as "Florida Adentro" and belonging to the municipality of [[Barceloneta, Puerto Rico|Barceloneta]], this town derives its present name from the abundant flowers and natural resources.
===Flag===
It consists of three horizontal stripes, with the following colors and widths: green the superior and white the inferior, with five modules of width each one, the center one red, with a width of one module.
===Coat of Arms===
Field of silver, in an abyss, a gules (red) anchored cross, between two branches of bloomed poinsettias (Poinsettia Pulcherrima). The Almeneda Campaign in green with a stripe forming waves, sabered, outlined in silver. At the top, a three tower gold crown. The shield can be surrounded, to its flanks and bottom by two crossed coffee tree branches with fruits, in a natural way.
==Barrios==
==='''Barrios''' (Districts/Wards)===
*Florida Pueblo
*Florida Adentro (separated into the following sectors):
**Aguacate
**Ceiba
**Comisión
**Florida Adentro
**Fogones
**Los Guanos
**Pajonal
**Parcelas Arroyo
**Parcelas Selgas
**Perol
**Pueblo Viejo
**San Agustín
**Los Vázquez
===Geo/Topography===
*Encantada Cave
==Economic==
===Agriculture===
*Pineapple and juice nectars
===Industrial===
*Manufacturing (plastics)
build large grass houses
===Tourism===
====Landmarks and places of interest====
*Encantada Cave
*Yanés Cultural Centre
====Festivals and events====
*Three Kings Festival - January
*Aguinaldo Contest - January
*Cayenalisa Pineapple Festival - July
*Patron Festivities - September
*Encantado River Cultural Festivities - October
==Notable "Florideños"==
*Leonardo Valentin - Teacher and Doctor (Founder of Yanes Cultural Centre. The Dr.Leonardo Valentin Tirado school is named after him.)
*Celia Arenas - poet and author of Florida's Municipal Hymn
*Francisco Frías
*Luciano Sánchez - Lawyer
*Luis "Tuto" Rivera - renowned local historian, newspaper reporter, and photographer
*Juan Font-Torres - renowned lawyer with the Justice Department of Puerto Rico
*Mercy Soto - Doctor
*Norberto Montoyo
*Ovidio Santa - Lawyer
*Edwin Nieves - Artist, painter
*Waleska Ocasio - Singer, secretary
==External links==
* {{PDF|[http://welcome.topuertorico.org/maps/florida.pdf Map of Florida]|95.2 KB}}
* [http://www.gobierno.pr/GPRPortal/StandAlone/MunicipalityInformation.aspx?Filter=54 Municipality of Florida] {{es}}
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