Municipalities of Puerto Rico
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The Municipalities of Puerto Rico number 78 and they make up the smallest electoral division of the Commonwealth. Each municipality is further divided into barrios, though the latter are not vested with political authority.
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Administrative divisions
There are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the United States Government, but Puerto Rico has 78 municipalities or "municipios" at the secondary order. For U.S. Census purposes, the municipalities are equivalent to a counties[1]. They are conveniently grouped into eight electoral districts, which do not possess administrative functions. In 1991, the Autonomous Municipalities of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Act was passed as a strategy for the decentralizing control and for improving government services to the people.
Municipal politics
The municipalities elect a Mayor and a legislative assembly in the general elections every four years.
List of municipalities
The following is an alphabetical list of all the municipalities in Puerto Rico, with their mayors and their political affiliation.
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The Municipal Amalgamation Proposal
A Puerto Rican legislator has proposed a bill that would reduce to twenty the 78 municipalities currently making up the Island. The bill calls for a referendum to take place on June 13, 2010, and which would let the people decide on the matter.[2]
The proposed twenty new municipalities (in bold) and the existing municipalities that would make the them up:
San Juan
Bayamón
Toa Baja
Vega Baja
Manatí
Arecibo
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Aguadilla
San Sebastián
Mayagüez
San Germán
Yauco
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Utuado
Ponce
Juana Díaz
Cayey
Guayama
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Caguas
Humacao
Fajardo
Carolina
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