Barrios of Puerto Rico

Barrios of Puerto Rico
Location	Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Number	902
Government	Under jurisdiction of municipal governments

The barrios of Puerto Rico are the third-level administrative divisions defined with geographic boundaries serving as the primary legal divisions of the 78 municipalities in the archipelago and island of Puerto Rico.^[1] Amounting to 902 wards or boroughs equivalent to minor civil divisions in the U.S., like cities, townships, and parishes, barrios are under the political authority of the elected strong mayor and unicameral legislature governing the municipality within which they are located. Barrios are subdivided into numerous subbarrios, districts, communities, and/or sectors.^[2][3]

Except for San Juan, Ponce, Florida, and Vieques, all municipalities have a barrio equivalent to a downtown area in the U.S. called pueblo, officially known as barrio-pueblo (literally "neighborhood-town"), which typically is the site of the historic Spanish colonial settlement, administrative center, and urban core of the municipality.^[4] Of the 902 barrios proper, 828 are barrios and 74 barrios-pueblos.