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Carolina, Puerto Rico

{{short description|City and municipality in Puerto Rico}}

{{use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Carolina

| official_name = San Fernando de la Carolina

| native_name = {{lang|es|Municipio Autónomo de Carolina}}

| native_name_lang = es

| settlement_type = City and Municipality

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| caption_align = center

| image1 =Casa Alcaldia - Carolina Puerto Rico.jpg

| caption1 = Old City Hall of Carolina

| image2 = Iglesia San Fernando - Carolina Puerto Rico.jpg

| caption2 = San Fernando Church

| image3 = Estadio Roberto Clemente Walker.jpg

| caption3 = Roberto Clemente Stadium

| image4 = Parque escorial - panoramio.jpg

| caption4 = Parque Escorial suburbs in San Antón

| image5 = SJU San Juan Tower.jpg

| caption5 = SJU Tower

| image8 = Isla Verde Reef.jpg

| caption8 = Isla Verde District

}}

| image_alt =

| image_caption =

| image_flag = Flag of Carolina, Puerto Rico.svg

| flag_alt =

| image_shield = Escudo de Carolina, Puerto Rico.svg

| shield_alt =

| nicknames = "Tierra de Gigantes"
Spanish for "Land of Giants"
"El Pueblo de los Tumba Brazos"
Spanish for "Arm Hackers Town"

| anthem =

| image_map = Locator-map-Puerto-Rico-Carolina.svg

| mapsize = 300px

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| map_caption = Map of Puerto Rico highlighting Carolina Municipality

| mapframe = Yes

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| coordinates = {{coord|18|24|22|N|65|58|2|W|region:US-PR|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_footnotes =

| subdivision_type = Sovereign state

| subdivision_name = {{flag|United States}}

| subdivision_type1 = Commonwealth

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Puerto Rico}}

| established_title = Settled

| established_date = late 17th century

| established_title1 = Founded

| established_date1 = January 31, 1857

| founder = Santiago Veve y Vidal

| parts_type = Barrios

| parts = 13 barrios

| p1 = Barrazas

| p2 = Buena Vista

| p3 = Cacao

| p4 = Cangrejo Arriba

| p5 = Canovanillas

| p6 = Carolina barrio-pueblo

| p7 = Carruzos

| p8 = Cedro

| p9 = Martín González

| p10 = Sabana Abajo

| p11 = San Antón

| p12 = Santa Cruz

| p13 = Trujillo Bajo

| named_for = Charles II of Spain

| seat_type =

| seat =

| government_footnotes =

| leader_party = PPD

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Jose C. Aponte Dalmau

| leader_title1 = Senatorial dist.

| leader_name1 = 8 - Carolina

| leader_title2 = Representative dist.

| leader_name2 = 38, 39, 40

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 156.29

| area_land_km2 = 117.4

| area_water_km2 = 38.89

| area_water_percent =

| area_note =

| unit_pref = Imperial

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 16

| population_footnotes = {{Cite web|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|archive-date=December 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201231936/https://www.census.gov/library/stories/state-by-state/puerto-rico-population-change-between-census-decade.html|url-status=live}}

| population_total = 154815

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_demonym = Carolinense (neutral)

| population_note =

| timezone1 = AST

| utc_offset1 = −4

| postal_code_type = ZIP Codes

| postal_code = 00979, 00982, 00983, 00985, 00987, 00981, 00984, 00986, 00988

| area_code = 787/939

| blank_name_sec1 = Major routes

| blank_info_sec1 = File:PR primary 26.svg File:PR urban primary 3.svg File:PR urban primary 8.svg File:PR urban primary 187.svg File:PR secondary 185.svg File:Ellipse sign 190.svg
File:Toll plate yellow.svg File:Toll plate yellow.svg
File:PR primary 17.svg File:PR primary 66.svg

| website = {{URL|https://www.municipiocarolina.com/}}

| footnotes =

| population_rank = 3rd in Puerto Rico

}}

Carolina ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|k|ær|oʊ|ˈ|l|iː|n|ə}}; {{IPA|es|kaɾoˈlina}}) is a city and municipality on the northeastern coastal plain of Puerto Rico, immediately east of San Juan and Trujillo Alto, north of Gurabo and Juncos, and west of Canóvanas and Loíza. Part of the San Juan metropolitan area, Carolina is spread over 12 barrios and the downtown area and administrative center of Carolina Pueblo. In the coastal region of the municipality lies the resort and residential district of Isla Verde, where the main international airport of Puerto Rico, the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, is located. Carolina is the third most populated municipality in the archipelago and island.

History

The town was founded by Spanish colonists in 1816 as Trujillo Bajo ("lower Trujillo"), along with its counterpart Trujillo Alto after Trujillo, Spain. In 1857 it was renamed to San Fernando de la Carolina, later shortened to Carolina, after Charles II of Spain.{{cite encyclopedia | author = Adrian Room | title = Carolina | encyclopedia = Placenames of the World | publisher = McFarland & Co. | year = 2006 | isbn = 0-7864-2248-3 | page = 79}}

The city is known as "Tierra de Gigantes" (Land of Giants), not only for well-known Carolina resident Don Felipe Birriel González (who was 7'11"), but also in honor of other people from Carolina, including poet Julia de Burgos and most notably the first Latin American player named to baseball's Hall of Fame, Roberto Clemente. Carolina was also home to Jesús T. Piñero, the first Puerto Rican to be appointed as governor by the United States government.

The city is also known as "El Pueblo de los Tumba Brazos" (The Arm Hackers' Town). During the late 1800s, the town's major export was sugarcane.

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 Carolina was 11,965.{{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/n250 159]|access-date=2019-01-11|archive-date=2012-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115044918/http://archive.org/details/informesobreelc00joangoog|url-status=live}}

Hurricane Maria on September 20, 2017 caused flooding in Carolina.{{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 }}{{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 }} The Río Grande de Loíza floods left around 500 homes uninhabitable. The Roberto Clemente stadium lost its roof and many other structures, bridges and roads were damaged to a toll of $87 million. Given the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport is in Carolina, the destruction in Carolina created a challenge and the airport remained closed for three days.{{cite news | title=María, un nombre que no vamos a olvidar. Carolina, sacudida por la violencia del huracán María. | trans-title=Maria, a name we will never forget. Carolina, shaken by Hurricane Marías' violence. | newspaper=El Nuevo Día | date=2019-06-13 | url=https://huracanmaria.elnuevodia.com/2017/municipio/carolina/ | language=es | access-date=2021-08-24 | archive-date=September 20, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920212510/https://huracanmaria.elnuevodia.com/2017/municipio/carolina/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Leposa | first=Adam | title=After Hurricane Maria, First Commercial Flight Returns to San Juan | website=Travel Agent Central | date=2017-09-22 | url=https://www.travelagentcentral.com/transportation/after-hurricane-maria-first-commercial-flight-returns-to-san-juan | access-date=2021-09-19 | archive-date=September 20, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920211939/https://www.travelagentcentral.com/transportation/after-hurricane-maria-first-commercial-flight-returns-to-san-juan | url-status=live }} Two weeks after, the airport was attempting to operate a more regular schedule,{{cite web | last=Tellado Domenech | first=Rut N. | title=El aeropuerto internacional vuelve a operar las 24 horas | website=El Nuevo Día | date=2017-10-04 | url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/notas/el-aeropuerto-internacional-vuelve-a-operar-las-24-horas/ | language=es | access-date=2021-09-19 | archive-date=September 20, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920211921/https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/notas/el-aeropuerto-internacional-vuelve-a-operar-las-24-horas/ | url-status=live }} but electricity was inconsistent and on October 10, nearly a month after the hurricane the airport was running on generators again.{{cite web | title=El aeropuerto Luis Muñoz Marín vuelve a quedarse sin electricidad | website=El Nuevo Día | date=2017-10-10 | url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/notas/el-aeropuerto-luis-munoz-marin-vuelve-a-quedarse-sin-electricidad/ | language=es | access-date=2021-09-19 | archive-date=September 20, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920213200/https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/notas/el-aeropuerto-luis-munoz-marin-vuelve-a-quedarse-sin-electricidad/ | url-status=live }}

Geography

Carolina municipality has a number of rivers such as the Río Canovanillas, Río Grande de Loíza, La Torrecilla, Piñones Lagoons.{{cite web|url=https://enciclopediapr.org/en/encyclopedia/carolina-municipality/|title=Carolina Municipality|publisher=Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades (FPH)|website=enciclopediapr.org|access-date=2019-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502054949/https://enciclopediapr.org/en/encyclopedia/carolina-municipality/|archive-date=2019-05-02|url-status=live}}

=Barrios=

File:Carolina, Puerto Rico locator map.png

Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Carolina is subdivided into barrios. The municipal buildings, central square and large Catholic church are located in a small barrio referred to as {{lang|es|"el pueblo"}}, near the center of the municipality.{{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}}{{Cite web | url=http://welcome.topuertorico.org/maps/carolina.pdf| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608195029/http://welcome.topuertorico.org/maps/carolina.pdf| url-status=dead| archive-date=2011-06-08| title = Map of Carolina |access-date=2007-12-13}}

{{div col|colwidth=15em}}

  1. Barrazas
  2. Buena Vista
  3. Cacao
  4. Cangrejo Arriba
  5. Canovanillas
  6. Carolina 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 }}
  7. Carruzos
  8. Cedro
  9. Martín González
  10. Sabana Abajo
  11. San Antón
  12. Santa Cruz
  13. Trujillo Bajo

{{div col end}}

=Sectors=

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) and subbarrios,{{cite web |title=P.L. 94-171 VTD/SLD Reference Map 000 (2010 Census): Carolina Municipio, PR |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/vtd_sld/st72_english/c72031_carolina/PL10VTD_C72031_000.pdf |website=www2.census.gov |publisher=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=22 August 2020 |archive-date=23 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823022358/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/vtd_sld/st72_english/c72031_carolina/PL10VTD_C72031_000.pdf |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=P.L. 94-171 VTD/SLD Reference Map 001 (2010 Census): Carolina Municipio, PR |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/vtd_sld/st72_english/c72031_carolina/PL10VTD_C72031_001.pdf |website=www2.census.gov |publisher=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=22 August 2020 |archive-date=23 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823022359/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/vtd_sld/st72_english/c72031_carolina/PL10VTD_C72031_001.pdf |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=P.L. 94-171 VTD/SLD Reference Map 002 (2010 Census): Carolina Municipio, PR |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/vtd_sld/st72_english/c72031_carolina/PL10VTD_C72031_002.pdf |website=www2.census.gov |publisher=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=22 August 2020 |archive-date=23 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823022359/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/vtd_sld/st72_english/c72031_carolina/PL10VTD_C72031_002.pdf |url-status=live }} 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.{{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-date=28 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628234856/http://www.presupuesto.pr.gov/Presupuesto2015-2016/PresupuestosAgencias/229.htm|url-status=live}}{{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 }}{{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-date=14 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914224408/http://www.lexjuris.com/lexlex/Leyes2001/lex2001001.htm|url-status=live}}

=Special Communities=

{{See also|Puerto Rico Office for Socioeconomic and Community Development}}

{{lang|es|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 barrios, communities, sectors, or neighborhoods were in Carolina: Colo, Martín González, Buena Vista, Buenaventura, Canovanillas (Estancias del Parque), Cuesta Quiles, Eduardo J. Saldaña - La Cerámica, La Villas (Justicia y Esperanza), Sabana Abajo Norte, Sabana Abajo Sur, Saint Just, San Antón, and Villa Caridad.{{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=1st|page=273|isbn=978-0-9820806-1-0}}{{cite web|url=https://cpprbib.wordpress.com/biblioteca-virtual/guias-tematicas/comunidades-especiales/comunidades-especiales-de-puerto-rico/|title=Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico|date=8 August 2011|language=es|access-date=24 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624004414/https://cpprbib.wordpress.com/biblioteca-virtual/guias-tematicas/comunidades-especiales/comunidades-especiales-de-puerto-rico/|archive-date=24 June 2019|url-status=live}}

Tourism

File:Ritz Carlton Puerto Rico - panoramio.jpg

Carolina is one of Puerto Rico's most important tourist centers. Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, the territory's main airport, is located in Isla Verde. Also located in Carolina are a large group of hotels, which sit by Carolina's large beach area of Isla Verde.

There are several well-known hotels on the coast of Carolina (Isla Verde area), including the Fairmont El San Juan Hotel, InterContinental San Juan Hotel and The Ritz-Carlton, San Juan Hotel, Spa, and Casino. Isla Verde has an Orthodox Jewish synagogue, Chabad of Puerto Rico,{{Cite web |url=https://www.jewishpuertorico.com/ |title=Chabad Jewish Center of Puerto Rico |access-date=2020-06-25 |archive-date=2020-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628120237/https://www.jewishpuertorico.com/ |url-status=live }} the only Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Puerto Rico, which serves the island's Jewish residents and visiting tourists.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

To stimulate local tourism, the Puerto Rico Tourism Company launched the Voy Turistiendo ("I'm Touring") campaign, with a passport book and website. The Carolina page lists {{lang|es|Hacienda Campo Rico}}, {{lang|es|El Museo del Niño}}, and {{lang|es|Balneario de Carolina}}, as places of interest.{{cite book | title= Pasaporte: Voy Turisteando |publisher=Compañia de Turismo de Puerto Rico | year=2021| language=es}}

=Landmarks and places of interest=

There are 4 beaches in Carolina, including {{lang|es|Balneario de Isla Verde}}.{{Cite web|url=https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/puerto-rico/nota/las1200playasdepuertorico-1216285/|title=Las 1,200 playas de Puerto Rico [The 1200 beaches of Puerto Rico]|date=April 14, 2017|website=Primera Hora|language=es|access-date=December 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212200804/https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/puerto-rico/nota/las1200playasdepuertorico-1216285/|archive-date=December 12, 2019|url-status=live}}

  • Buena Vista Ruins
  • Carolina Beach
  • Loíza's Big River
  • Isla Verde Club Gallístico
  • Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport
  • Jesús T. Piñero Monument
  • Julia de Burgos Park
  • Roberto Clemente Ciudad Deportiva

Economy

Carolina is the home of Plaza Carolina, one of Puerto Rico's largest shopping malls.

Executive Airlines, an aircraft ground handling company and subsidiary of American Airlines, is headquartered on the grounds of Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina."[http://www.aviationweek.com/media/pdf/Regional3.pdf Regional3.pdf] {{dead link|date=April 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}." Aviation Week. Retrieved on September 28, 2009.

=Industrial=

Manufacturing (pharmaceutical, medical equipment and chemical) and commerce.

Culture

=Festivals and events=

Carolina celebrates its patron saint festival in late May / early June. The {{lang|es|Fiestas Patronales de San Fernando}} is a religious and cultural celebration that generally features parades, games, artisans, amusement rides, regional food, and live entertainment.{{cite web | title=Puerto Rico Festivales, Eventos y Actividades en Puerto Rico | website=Puerto Rico Hoteles y Paradores | url=https://www.puertoricohotelesparadores.com/festivales-eventos-actividades | language=es | access-date=2020-07-17 | archive-date=2020-02-26 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226163727/https://www.puertoricohotelesparadores.com/festivales-eventos-actividades | url-status=live }} The festival has featured live performances by well-known artists such as Ismael Miranda, Sonora Ponceña, Andrés Jiménez, "el Jíbaro", Bobby Valentín, and Grupo Manía.{{cite web |title=Fiestas Patronales en Honor a San Fernando de la Carolina |url=https://sondeaquiprnet.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/10330362_750551381662328_7208198625048335436_n.jpg |website=sondeaquiprnet |publisher=El Gobierno Municipal de Carolina |access-date=14 August 2023 |archive-date=July 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709055747/http://sondeaquiprnet.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/10330362_750551381662328_7208198625048335436_n.jpg |url-status=live }}

Other festivals and events celebrated in Carolina include:

  • Jazz Night – third Friday of the month
  • Bohemia Night – second Thursday of the month
  • Youth Night – first Friday every two months
  • Artisans' Market – one Sunday a month
  • Roberto Clemente Week – August

=Sports=

In recent years, Carolina has seen the building of the Ciudad Deportiva Roberto Clemente or Roberto Clemente Sports City, a sports and recreation facility that aims to become a youth sports school, and the Roberto Clemente Stadium, host to many entertainment events and to the 2003 and 2007 Caribbean World Series. It has also played host to the Coliseo Guillermo Angulo, where the BSN's Gigantes de Carolina play, as well as the Gigantes of Puerto Rican women's professional basketball, the Gigantes of men's professional volleyball, and the Gigantes of women's professional volleyball.

The Gigantes de Carolina professional baseball team use the Roberto Clemente Stadium as their home field. There is also another team with the same name, the Giants de Carolina, a professional soccer team that plays in the Puerto Rico Soccer League. That team also uses the Roberto Clemente Stadium as its home field.

Professional horse jockey Emanuel Jose Sanchez was born in Carolina. Riding the mare Mark Me Special he captured the 7th race at Colonial Downs on June 19, 2005.

Demographics

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 Carolina was 11,965.

{{US Census population

| 1900= 11965

| 1910= 15327

| 1920= 15563

| 1930= 18751

| 1940= 24046

| 1950= 29224

| 1960= 40923

| 1970= 107643

| 1980= 165954

| 1990= 177806

| 2000= 186076

| 2010= 176762

| 2020= 154815

|estyear=

|estimate=

|estref={{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-date=December 27, 1996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961227012639/http://www.census.gov/|url-status=live}}

|align-fn=center

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2016/PEPANNRES/0500000US72005|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426102944/http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|archive-date=April 26, 2015}}
1899 (shown as 1900){{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|title=Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899|publisher=War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716033905/https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|archive-date=July 16, 2017|url-status=live}} 1910-1930{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|title=Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817181600/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|archive-date=August 17, 2017|url-status=live}}
1930-1950{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|title=Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150830033735/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|archive-date=August 30, 2015|url-status=live}} 1960-2000{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|title=Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724061852/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|archive-date=July 24, 2017|url-status=live}} 2010{{cite book|title=Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf|url=https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|year=2010|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2018-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220183043/https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|archive-date=2017-02-20|url-status=live}}}}

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colspan=3|Race - Carolina, Puerto Rico - 2020 Census{{Cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_SF1_QTP3&prodType=table |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212211647/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_SF1_QTP3&prodType=table |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |title=Ethnicity 2010 census |access-date=2011-11-10 }}
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! Race

! Population

! % of Total

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| White

21,99814.2%
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| Black/Afro-Puerto Rican

42,29927.3%
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| American Indian/Alaska Native

4,0062.6%
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| Asian

5930.4%
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| Two or more races/Some other race

85,91955.5%

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Government

{{See also|List of mayors of Carolina, Puerto Rico|Mayoralty in Puerto Rico}}

All municipalities in Puerto Rico are administered by a mayor, elected every four years. The current mayor of Carolina is José Aponte Dalmau, of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD). He was elected in 2007, after a special election, succeeding his late father, José Aponte de la Torre. Aponte de la Torre was elected mayor in 1984 and served for 23 years.

The city belongs to the Puerto Rico Senatorial district VIII, which is represented by two Senators. In 2024, Marissa Jiménez and Héctor Joaquín Sánchez Álvarez were elected as District Senators.[https://elecciones2024.ceepur.org/Escrutinio_General_121/index.html#es/default/SENADORES_POR_DISTRITO_Carolina_VIII.xml Elecciones Generales 2024: Escrutinio General] {{webarchive|url=https://elecciones2024.ceepur.org/Escrutinio_General_121/index.html#es/default/SENADORES_POR_DISTRITO_Carolina_VIII.xml |date=2024-12-30 }} on CEEPUR

{{Anchor|Police}}The Carolina Police Department, with most of its precincts in the northern half of the city due to the density of the population, handle law enforcement responsibilities. Puerto Rico Police Department also has jurisdiction in Carolina, especially for narcotics enforcement, with four precincts positioned on all four points of the city.

Carolina created the first municipal fire department in Puerto Rico. The Carolina Fire Department in collaboration with the Carolina Municipal Emergency Management use two engine trucks, one ladder track and one special hazard engine truck. Their headquarters are located in the tourist district of Isla Verde. Also, the Puerto Rico Fire Department have a fire station and regional office in town, located on the Roberto Clemente Avenue.

Transportation

There are 72 bridges in Carolina.{{cite web|title=Carolina Bridges|url=http://bridgereports.com/pr/carolina/|website=National Bridge Inventory Data|publisher=US Dept. of Transportation|access-date=21 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221224111/http://bridgereports.com/pr/carolina/|archive-date=21 February 2019|url-status=live}} The Teodoro Moscoso Bridge connects Carolina to San Juan.{{cite web | title=La Policía encuentra el cuerpo de una mujer en la laguna San José | website=El Nuevo Día | date=2021-05-01 | url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/seguridad/notas/la-policia-encuentra-el-cuerpo-de-una-mujer-en-la-laguna-san-jose/ | language=es | access-date=2021-05-01 | archive-date=May 1, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501223609/https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/seguridad/notas/la-policia-encuentra-el-cuerpo-de-una-mujer-en-la-laguna-san-jose/ | url-status=live }} Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport is located in Carolina.

Symbols

The {{lang|es|municipio}} has an official flag and coat of arms.{{cite web | title=Ley Núm. 70 de 2006 -Ley para disponer la oficialidad de la bandera y el escudo de los setenta y ocho (78) municipios. | website=LexJuris de Puerto Rico | url=https://www.lexjuris.com/LEXLEX/Leyes2006/lexl2006070.htm | language=es | access-date=2021-06-15 | archive-date=January 20, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120152958/http://www.lexjuris.com/LEXLEX/Leyes2006/lexl2006070.htm | url-status=live }}

=Flag=

The flag consists of three vertical bands, the laterals white and the middle red. The laterals are seeded with black ermine tails in the heraldic way as for the coat of arms. The middle band of the flag shows a red field with the sword and crown of the coat of arms.{{cite web | title=CAROLINA | website=LexJuris (Leyes y Jurisprudencia) de Puerto Rico | date=19 February 2020 | url=http://www.lexjuris.com/pueblos/pueblos_files/CAROLINA.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219001340/http://www.lexjuris.com/pueblos/pueblos_files/CAROLINA.html | archive-date=19 February 2020 | url-status=live | language=es | access-date=16 September 2020}}

=Coat of arms=

The crown over the sword is the main attribute for royalty and for that reason it occupies a privileged position in the coat of arms. The sword is not only a symbol for military service, but also one of justice, recalling the virtues of San Fernando. The coat of arms has a wide edge of silver, a cultivated field of small tails of ermine shown in the conventional heraldic manner. The red symbolizes the first patriotic developments made for Puerto Rico's freedom under Spanish dominion.

Notable people from Carolina

{{See also|Category:People from Carolina, Puerto Rico}}

Gallery

Isla.Verde.PR.JPG|Isla Verde skyline in Carolina

Islaverdeskyline.jpg|Isla Verde skyline in Carolina

Courtyard by Marriott Isla Verde Beach Resort.jpg|Courtyard by Marriott in Isla Verde Beach Resort

Tracks - panoramio (4).jpg|Beach of Balneario de Carolina

Roberto Clemente Roundabout Fountain.jpg|Roundabout of Roberto Clemente on Roberto Clemente Avenue

Roberto Clemente statue.jpg|Statue of Roberto Clemente in Ciudad Deportiva Roberto Clemente

Carolina, Puerto Rico (aerial).JPG|Aerial view of the city

See also

{{Portal|Puerto Rico|Geography}}

References

{{Reflist}}

  • [https://archive.today/20200212034947/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=05000US72031&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-PH1&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-redoLog=false&-format=CO-2&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_GCTPH1_CO2 Carolina and its barrios, United States Census Bureau]

Books

  • [https://www.amazon.com/Tierra-Gigantes-Giants-Carolina-Puerto/dp/1479185515/ref=sr_1_35?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1346202880&sr=1-35&keywords=greg+boudonck Carolina, Puerto Rico: Land of Giants (2012) by Greg Boudonck and Maria Ruiz O'Farrill]

External links

  • [http://pr.gov/Directorios//Pages/InfoMunicipio.aspx?PRIFA=M031 Puerto Rico Government Directory] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129230942/https://pr.gov/Directorios/Pages/InfoMunicipio.aspx?PRIFA=M031 |date=January 29, 2023 }} {{in lang|es}}

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|Southwest = Gurabo

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