Editing San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico (section)

==Geography==
[[File:San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico locator map.png|thumb|Subdivisions of San Lorenzo.]]
San Lorenzo is located in the eastern central region, north of [[Patillas, Puerto Rico|Patillas]] and [[Yabucoa, Puerto Rico|Yabucoa]]; south of [[Gurabo, Puerto Rico|Gurabo]]; east of [[Caguas, Puerto Rico|Caguas]] and [[Cayey, Puerto Rico|Cayey]]; and west of [[Juncos, Puerto Rico|Juncos]] and [[Las Piedras, Puerto Rico|Las Piedras]].<ref name="PR_Ency">{{cite web|url=https://enciclopediapr.org/en/encyclopedia/san-lorenzo-municipality/|title=San Lorenzo Municipality|publisher=Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades (FPH)|website=enciclopediapr.org|access-date=2019-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621121919/https://enciclopediapr.org/en/encyclopedia/san-lorenzo-municipality/|archive-date=2019-06-21|url-status=live}}</ref>

The town is located on a high valley that is formed by the [[Río Grande de Loíza]] which flows northwestwards towards the Caguas Valley. The town is located on the [[San Lorenzo Batholith]], which is a mountainous region composed of [[Intrusive rock|intrusive]] [[igneous rock]]. It is bordered by the [[Sierra de Luquillo]] to the north and by the [[Sierra de Cayey]] to the south.

===Rivers===
*[[Cayaguas River|Río Cayaguás]]
*[[Emajagua River|Río Emajagua]]
*[[Río Grande de Loíza]]
*[[Río de las Vegas]]

=== Barrios ===
Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, San Lorenzo is subdivided into [[Barrios of Puerto Rico|barrios]] and barrios are further divided into sectors. 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. |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/sanlorenzo.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324204920/http://welcome.topuertorico.org/maps/sanlorenzo.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2018-03-24 |title=Map of San Lorenzo at the Wayback Machine|access-date=2018-12-29 }}</ref>
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#[[Cayaguas, San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico|Cayaguas]]
#[[Cerro Gordo, San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico|Cerro Gordo]] 
#[[Espino, San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico|Espino]] 
#[[Florida, San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico|Florida]] 
#[[Hato, San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico|Hato]] 
#[[Jagual, San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico|Jagual]] 
#[[Quebrada, San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico|Quebrada]]
#[[Quebrada Arenas, San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico|Quebrada Arenas]] 
#[[Quebrada Honda, San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico|Quebrada Honda]]
#[[Quemados, San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico|Quemados]]
# [[San Lorenzo 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>
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===Sectors===
{{Further|List of barrios and sectors of San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico}}
Barrios (which are like [[minor civil divisions]])<ref name="Barrio-Pueblo"/> 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=28 June 2019}}</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 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=24 June 2020}}</ref>

===Special Communities===
{{main|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 San Lorenzo: Roosevelt neighborhood, El Bosque, La Marina, Parcelas Jagual (Nuevas y Viejas), Parcelas Quemados and Sector Los Oquendo.<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 Fundación Sila M. Calderón| edition=Primera edición|page=273|isbn=978-0-9820806-1-0}}</ref> Between 2013 and until their arrest by the FBI in 2019, dozens of drug traffickers were operating in the Roosevelt neighborhood and near the Lorenzana [[Public housing in Puerto Rico|public housing]] residential units in San Lorenzo.<ref name="FBI">{{cite web |title=26 Individuals Charged With Drug Trafficking In Puerto Rico Project Safe Neighborhoods Enforcement Effort |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-pr/pr/26-individuals-charged-drug-trafficking-puerto-rico-project-safe-neighborhoods |website=fbi.gov |date=22 May 2019 |publisher=Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Puerto Rico |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>