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Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Dorado is subdivided into administrative units called barrios, which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions, [1] (and means wards or boroughs or neighborhoods in English).
This is a list of properties and historic districts that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Puerto Rico, not to be confused with the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones. There are more than 375 listings in Puerto Rico, with one or more listing in each of Puerto Rico's 78 municipalities.
The Puerto Rico Department of Housing, created in 1972, [9] succeeded the Urban Renewal and Housing Corporation, or Corporación de Renovación Urbana y Vivienda (CRUV, its Spanish acronym), [10] which was created in the late 1950s to succeed the Puerto Rico Housing Authority, created by Gov. Luis Muñoz Marín and headed by Juan César Cordero ...
By the 1990s, Dorado del Mar had closed, with Cerromar and Dorado Beach continuing their function. [105] In 1991, a reforestation initiative named Dorado Siembra was implanted. [104] That same year the ICP named the town's cultural program a "cultural model". [104] On January 6, 1992, floods destroyed the La Plata bridge. [104]
The hacienda is now being used as a dairy farm with over 350 cows and is located next to the Plata River, where cows from the farm can be seen from Puerto Rico Highway 693 and Puerto Rico Highway 2. [4] It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on March 22, 1989, [5] and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and ...
Higuillar is a barrio on the coast of the municipality of Dorado, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 25,785. Its population in 2010 was 25,785. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
Casa del Rey (Spanish for 'house of the king') is a historic building and former cabildo located in the historic center of Dorado, Puerto Rico.Throughout its history it has also been known as the Militia Guard Headquarters (Cuartel de la Guardia de Milicias), Parador del Rey, and the Municipal Jail of Dorado (Cárcel Municipal de Dorado).
Dorado barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center of Dorado, a municipality in Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 780. [3] [4] [5] ...