Editing Salinas, Puerto Rico (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Mangroves in Puerto Rico.JPG|thumb|Mangroves in Salinas|left]]
[[File:Salinas, Puerto Rico locator map.png|thumb|Subdivisions of Salinas.]]
Salinas is on the southern coast.<ref name="PR_Ency">{{cite web|url=https://enciclopediapr.org/en/encyclopedia/salinas-municipality/|title=Salinas Municipality|publisher=Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades (FPH)|website=enciclopediapr.org|access-date=2019-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404130055/https://enciclopediapr.org/en/encyclopedia/salinas-municipality/|archive-date=2019-04-04|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Canyon|Gorges]]: The Callao, La Palma y Majada and Pasto Viejo.
*Lagoons: Mar Negro and Punta Arctias.
*Rivers: [[Río Jájome]], [[Río Jueyes]], [[Río Lapa]] and [[Río Nigua (Salinas, Puerto Rico)|Río Nigua]] (Río Salinas).
*Mountains: [[Cerro Las Tetas]], [[Montes Oscuros]]

===Barrios===
Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Salinas 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=Picó |first1=Rafael |last2=Buitrago de Santiago |first2=Zayda |last3=Berrios |first3=Hector H. |title=Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. |url=https://archive.org/details/nuevageografad00pic/page/247 |publisher=San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969 |access-date=2019-01-01 |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=December 25, 2018|date=May 20, 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-0447-3|page=300}}</ref><ref name="US2010Census" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://welcome.topuertorico.org/maps/salinas.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324204920/http://welcome.topuertorico.org/maps/salinas.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2018-03-24 |title=Map of Salinas at the Wayback Machine|access-date=2018-12-29 }}</ref>
#[[Aguirre, Salinas, Puerto Rico|Aguirre]] 
#[[Lapa, Salinas, Puerto Rico|Lapa]] 
#[[Palmas, Salinas, Puerto Rico|Palmas]]
#[[Quebrada Yeguas]]
#[[Río Jueyes, Salinas, Puerto Rico|Río Jueyes]]
#[[Salinas 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=January 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513190743/https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm |archive-date=May 13, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Sectors===
Barrios (which are like [[minor civil divisions]])<ref name="Barrio-Pueblo"/> and subbarrios,<ref name="Census map">{{cite web |title=P.L. 94-171 VTD/SLD Reference Map (2010 Census): Salinas Municipio, PR |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/vtd_sld/st72_spanish/c72123_salinas/PL10VTDSP_C72123_001.pdf |website=www2.census.gov |publisher=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=August 22, 2020 |archive-date=August 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822191915/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/vtd_sld/st72_spanish/c72123_salinas/PL10VTDSP_C72123_001.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 ''urbanización'' 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 Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)|website=Puerto Rico Budgets|language=es|access-date=June 28, 2019|archive-date=June 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628234856/http://www.presupuesto.pr.gov/Presupuesto2015-2016/PresupuestosAgencias/229.htm|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 | publication-date=2014 | publisher=San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón | 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=June 24, 2020|archive-date=September 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914224408/http://www.lexjuris.com/lexlex/Leyes2001/lex2001001.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Special Communities===
{{See also|Puerto Rico Office for Socioeconomic and Community Development}}
[[File:Children from Las Mareas community welcoming new neighbor, Tuque the manatee (6217586155).jpg|thumb|Children of Las Mareas community welcoming "Tuque the manatee"]]
{{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 Salinas: Las Mareas, Playita, el Coco, Comunidad Aguirre, El Coquí, Parcelas Vázquez, San Felipe, Sector Borinquén, and Sector Villa Cofresí.<ref>{{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=Primera edición|page=273|isbn=978-0-9820806-1-0}}</ref>

===Climate===
[[File:Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020) - AGUIRRE, PR.svg|thumb|left|Climate chart for Salinas]]
According to data provided by the [[Aguirre, Salinas, Puerto Rico|Aguirre weather station]], Salinas has a [[tropical savanna climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Aw''). The annual average temperature of Salinas is {{Convert|78.3|F}}, of which August is the hottest month with an average temperature of {{Convert|81.0|F}}, and January is the coolest month with an average temperature of {{Convert|75.2|F}}.<ref name=NCEI/> There are about 105 days with a temperature above {{Convert|90|F}} every year, and there are 4 hot days with a temperature above {{Convert|95|F}} every year; at the same time, there are also 4 nights with a temperature below {{Convert|60|F}} every year.<ref name=NOWData/> The annual precipitation in Salinas is {{Convert|40.37|in}}, of which the rainy season is from May to November, and the precipitation accounts for about 82.5% of the whole year.<ref name=NCEI/> Among them, September is the wettest, and the precipitation can reach {{Convert|6.85|in}}.<ref name=NCEI/> The temperature extremes ever recorded in Salinas ranged from {{Convert|51|F}} on December 3, 2013 to {{Convert|100|F}} on September 18, 2016.<ref name=NOWData/>
{{Weather box
|location = [[Aguirre, Salinas, Puerto Rico|Aguirre]], Salinas (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1955–present)
|single line = Y
|temperature colour=
|Jan record high F = 93
|Feb record high F = 92
|Mar record high F = 94
|Apr record high F = 96
|May record high F = 94
|Jun record high F = 98
|Jul record high F = 98
|Aug record high F = 99
|Sep record high F = 100
|Oct record high F = 98
|Nov record high F = 96
|Dec record high F = 95
|year record high F = 100
|Jan avg record high F = 89.2
|Feb avg record high F = 89.5
|Mar avg record high F = 89.7
|Apr avg record high F = 90.8
|May avg record high F = 91.0
|Jun avg record high F = 92.3
|Jul avg record high F = 93.7
|Aug avg record high F = 94.6
|Sep avg record high F = 94.7
|Oct avg record high F = 92.8
|Nov avg record high F = 91.8
|Dec avg record high F = 90.7
|year avg record high F = 95.8
|Jan high F = 84.1
|Feb high F = 84.1
|Mar high F = 84.3
|Apr high F = 85.4
|May high F = 86.4
|Jun high F = 87.3
|Jul high F = 87.8
|Aug high F = 88.6
|Sep high F = 88.5
|Oct high F = 87.7
|Nov high F = 86.8
|Dec high F = 85.2
|year high F = 86.4
|Jan mean F = 75.2
|Feb mean F = 75.6
|Mar mean F = 75.7
|Apr mean F = 77.3
|May mean F = 79.2
|Jun mean F = 80.6
|Jul mean F = 80.6
|Aug mean F = 81.0
|Sep mean F = 80.6
|Oct mean F = 79.8
|Nov mean F = 78.3
|Dec mean F = 76.3
|year mean F = 78.3
|Jan low F = 66.4
|Feb low F = 67.1
|Mar low F = 67.1
|Apr low F = 69.2
|May low F = 72.0
|Jun low F = 73.9
|Jul low F = 73.5
|Aug low F = 73.4
|Sep low F = 72.8
|Oct low F = 71.8
|Nov low F = 69.9
|Dec low F = 67.5
|year low F = 70.4
|Jan avg record low F = 62.2
|Feb avg record low F = 63.1
|Mar avg record low F = 62.9
|Apr avg record low F = 64.3
|May avg record low F = 67.4
|Jun avg record low F = 70.3
|Jul avg record low F = 68.7
|Aug avg record low F = 69.4
|Sep avg record low F = 69.0
|Oct avg record low F = 67.8
|Nov avg record low F = 65.7
|Dec avg record low F = 63.4
|year avg record low F = 59.7
|Jan record low F = 55
|Feb record low F = 57
|Mar record low F = 54
|Apr record low F = 57
|May record low F = 60
|Jun record low F = 62
|Jul record low F = 61
|Aug record low F = 58
|Sep record low F = 58
|Oct record low F = 57
|Nov record low F = 54
|Dec record low F = 51
|year record low F = 51
|precipitation colour=green
|Jan precipitation inch = 1.26
|Feb precipitation inch = 1.24
|Mar precipitation inch = 1.36
|Apr precipitation inch = 1.51
|May precipitation inch = 4.51
|Jun precipitation inch = 2.92
|Jul precipitation inch = 3.60
|Aug precipitation inch = 5.27
|Sep precipitation inch = 6.85
|Oct precipitation inch = 5.66
|Nov precipitation inch = 4.53
|Dec precipitation inch = 1.66
|year precipitation inch = 40.37
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 6.6
|Feb precipitation days = 6.6
|Mar precipitation days = 5.8
|Apr precipitation days = 6.5
|May precipitation days = 8.8
|Jun precipitation days = 11.1
|Jul precipitation days = 9.6
|Aug precipitation days = 9.8
|Sep precipitation days = 10.1
|Oct precipitation days = 11.0
|Nov precipitation days = 9.6
|Dec precipitation days = 7.3
|year precipitation days = 102.8
|source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name=NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=sju
|title = NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = August 7, 2023}}</ref><ref name=NCEI>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=RQC00660152&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|title = Station: AGUIRRE, PR RQ 
|work = U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991–2020)
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = August 7, 2023
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230807092335/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=RQC00660152&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|archive-date = 2023-08-07}}</ref>}}