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==Geography== Fajardo is a coastal municipality with a number of [[List of islands of Puerto Rico|islets]].<ref name="PR_Ency">{{cite web|url=https://enciclopediapr.org/en/encyclopedia/fajardo-municipality/|title=Fajardo Municipality|publisher=Fundaci贸n Puertorrique帽a de las Humanidades (FPH)|website=enciclopediapr.org|access-date=2019-03-20|archive-date=2020-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823023027/https://enciclopediapr.org/en/encyclopedia/fajardo-municipality/|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[R铆o Fajardo|Fajardo River]] *Aguas Buenas Gorge, Fajardo Gorge, Juan Diego Gorge and the Mata Redonda Gorge *Aguas Prietas and Grande lagoons ===Barrios=== [[File:Fajardo, Puerto Rico locator map.png|thumb|Subdivisions of Fajardo.]] Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Fajardo is subdivided into [[Barrios of Puerto Rico|barrios]]. The municipal buildings, central square and large Catholic church are located in a barrio referred to as {{lang|es|"el pueblo"}}.<ref name="Pico_1969">{{cite book |last1=Pic贸 |first1=Rafael |last2=Buitrago de Santiago |first2=Zayda |last3=Berrios |first3=Hector H. |title=Nueva geograf铆a de Puerto Rico: f铆sica, econ贸mica, y social, por Rafael Pic贸. Con la colaboraci贸n de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y H茅ctor H. Berrios. |year=1969 |url=https://archive.org/details/nuevageografad00pic/page/247 |publisher=San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969 |access-date=2018-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226171916/https://archive.org/details/nuevageografad00pic/page/247 |archive-date=2018-12-26 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Law2015">{{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}}</ref><ref name="US2010Census" /><ref>{{cite web | url=http://welcome.topuertorico.org/maps/fajardo.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324204920/http://welcome.topuertorico.org/maps/fajardo.pdf | url-status=dead | archive-date=2018-03-24 |title=Map of Fajardo at the Wayback Machine|access-date=2018-12-29 }}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=15em}} # [[Cabezas, Fajardo, Puerto Rico|Cabezas]] (Las Croabas) # [[Demajagua, Fajardo, Puerto Rico|Demajagua]] # [[Fajardo barrio-pueblo]]<ref name="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 }}</ref> # [[Florencio, Fajardo, Puerto Rico|Florencio]] # [[Naranjo, Fajardo, Puerto Rico|Naranjo]] # [[Quebrada Fajardo]] # [[Quebrada Vueltas]] # [[R铆o Arriba, Fajardo, Puerto Rico|R铆o Arriba]] # [[Sardinera]] {{div col end}} ===Sectors=== Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to [[minor civil divisions]])<ref name="Barrio-Pueblo"/> and subbarrios,<ref name="Census map 000">{{cite web |title=P.L. 94-171 VTD/SLD Reference Map 000 (2010 Census): Fajardo Municipio, PR |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/vtd_sld/st72_english/c72053_fajardo/PL10VTD_C72053_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/20200823023046/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/vtd_sld/st72_english/c72053_fajardo/PL10VTD_C72053_000.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Census map 001">{{cite web |title=P.L. 94-171 VTD/SLD Reference Map 001 (2010 Census): Fajardo Municipio, PR |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/vtd_sld/st72_english/c72053_fajardo/PL10VTD_C72053_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/20200823023026/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/vtd_sld/st72_english/c72053_fajardo/PL10VTD_C72053_001.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Census map 002">{{cite web |title=P.L. 94-171 VTD/SLD Reference Map 002 (2010 Census): Fajardo Municipio, PR |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/vtd_sld/st72_english/c72053_fajardo/PL10VTD_C72053_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/20200823023117/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/vtd_sld/st72_english/c72053_fajardo/PL10VTD_C72053_002.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> are further subdivided into smaller areas called {{lang|es|sectores}} (''sectors'' in English). The types of ''sectores'' may vary, from normally ''sector'' to ''urbanizaci贸n'' to ''reparto'' to ''barriada'' to ''residencial'', among others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presupuesto.pr.gov/Presupuesto2015-2016/PresupuestosAgencias/229.htm|title=Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioecon贸mico y la Autogesti贸n (Proposed 2016 Budget)|website=Puerto Rico Budgets|language=es|access-date=28 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628234856/http://www.presupuesto.pr.gov/Presupuesto2015-2016/PresupuestosAgencias/229.htm|archive-date=28 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Rivera Quintero, Marcia | title=El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 | year=2014 | publication-date=2014 | publisher=San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundaci贸n Sila M. Calder贸n | edition=first | isbn=978-0-9820806-1-0 }}</ref><ref name="Law 1-2001">{{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-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914224408/http://www.lexjuris.com/lexlex/Leyes2001/lex2001001.htm|archive-date=14 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> ===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 Fajardo: Obrera neighborhood, Roosevelt neighborhood, Mansi贸n del Sapo, Maternillo, Media Luna, Sector Camacho, Vev茅 Calzada, and Vieques en el Aire.<ref>{{Citation|author1=Rivera Quintero, Marcia|title=El vuelo de la esperanza:Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004|year=2014|publication-date=2014| publisher=San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundaci贸n Sila M. Calder贸n| edition=Primera edici贸n|page=273|isbn=978-0-9820806-1-0}}</ref>
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