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Carolina
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municipality in Puerto Rico
Key facts
- Sovereign state
- United States
- Commonwealth
- Puerto Rico
- Settled
- Late 17th century
- Founded
- January 31, 1857
- Founded by
- Santiago Veve y Vidal
- Named after
- Charles II of Spain
- Barrios
- 13 barrios Barrazas Buena Vista Cacao Cangrejo Arriba Canovanillas Carolina barrio-pueblo Carruzos Cedro Martín González Sabana Abajo San Antón Santa Cruz Trujillo Bajo
- Mayor
- Jose C. Aponte Dalmau ( PPD )
- Senatorial dist
- 8 - Carolina
- Representative dist
- 38, 39, 40
- Total
- 60.34 sq mi (156.29 km )
- Land
- 45.3 sq mi (117.4 km )
- Water
- 15.02 sq mi (38.89 km )
- Elevation
- 52 ft (16 m)
- Estimate 2025
- 149,874
- Rank
- 3rd in Puerto Rico
- Density
- 3,415/sq mi (1,319/km )
- Demonym
- Carolinense (neutral)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 176762
- Area
- 62.418181
- Elevation
- 16
- Official website
- www.gobierno.pr/OCAM/DirectorioMunicipios/Carolina.htm
- Image
- Carolina, Puerto Rico (aerial).JPG
- Households
- 61898
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- native label
- Carolina
- Commons category
- Carolina, Puerto Rico
- inception
- 1857-00-00
- per capita income
- 16992
- postal code
- 00988
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Carolina (/ˌkæroʊˈliːnə/; Spanish pronunciation: [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 encompasses 12 barrios, in addition to the downtown area and administrative center of Carolina Pueblo. In Carolina’s coastal region 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 populous municipality in the archipelago and island.
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