FLORIDA, PUERTO RICO

'Florida' () is a municipality of Puerto Rico located north of Utuado and Ciales, south of Barceloneta, east of Arecibo, and west of Manatí. Florida is spread over 1 ward and Florida Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city).

Contents

History

Flag

Coat of Arms

Demographics

'Barrios' (Districts/Wards)

Geo/Topography

Economic

Agriculture

Industrial

Tourism

Landmarks and places of interest

Festivals and events

Notable "Florideños"

History

Florida, founded in 1971, it was the last municipality founded in Puerto Rico. Florida is known as ''"La Tierra del Río Encantado"'' (The Land of the Enchanted River).
Originally known as "Florida Afuera" and belonging to Barceloneta (another municipality), this town derives its present name from the abundant flowers and natural resources.

Flag

It consists of three horizontal stripes, with the following colors and widths: green the superior and white the inferior, with five modules of width each one, the center one red, with a width of one module.

Coat of Arms

Field of silver, in an abyss, a gules (red) anchored cross, between two branches of bloomed poinsettias (Poinsettia Pulcherrima). The Almeneda Campaign in green with a stripe forming waves, sabered, outlined in silver. At the top, a three tower gold crown. The shield can be surrounded, to its flanks and bottom by two crossed coffee tree branches with fruits, in a natural way.

Demographics

'Barrios' (Districts/Wards)

★ Florida Adentro

Geo/Topography

★ Encantada Cave

Economic

Agriculture

★ Pineapple and juice nectors

Industrial

★ Manufacturing (plastics)
build large grass houses

Tourism

Landmarks and places of interest

★ Encantada Cave

★ Yanés Cultural Centre

Festivals and events

★ Three Kings Festival - January

★ Aguinaldo Contest - January

★ Cayenalisa Pineapple Festival - July

★ Patron Festivities - September

★ Encantado River Cultural Festivities - October

Notable "Florideños"

★ Leonardo Valentin - Teacher and Doctor (Founder of Yanes Cultural Centre. The Dr.Leonardo Valentin Tirado school is named after him.)

★ Celia Arenas - poet and author of Florida's Municipal Hymn

★ Francisco Frías

★ Luciano Sánchez - Lawyer

★ Luis "Tuto" Rivera - renowned local historian, newspaper reporter, and photographer

★ Juan Font-Torres - renowned lawyer with the Justice Department of Puerto Rico

★ Mercy Soto - Doctor

★ Norberto Montoyo

★ Ovidio Santa - Lawyer