Dorado (Puerto Rico)
| Dorado, Puerto Rico (Municipio Autónomo de Dorado) |
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| Nicknames : "Ciudad Ejemplar", "Donde La Vida Es Bella", "Paraiso de Puerto Rico", "La Ciudad Más Limpia de Puerto Rico" | |
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| Foundation : | 1842 |
| State : | United States |
| Outside area : | Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates : | 18 ° 28 ′ N , 66 ° 16 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Atlantic Time Zone |
| Residents : | 38,165 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 634.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 90.9 km 2 (approx. 35 mi 2 ) of which 60.16 km 2 (approx. 23 mi 2 ) is land |
| Structure: | 6 barrios |
| Postal code : | 00646 |
| GNIS ID : | 1804505 |
| Mayor : | Carlos López Rivera (PNP) |
Dorado ( doˈɾaðo ) is a village and a municipality on the north coast of Puerto Rico 24 km west of San Juan .
The place was "provided" on November 22, 1842 by Jacinto López Martínez on behalf of the Spanish crown with a governor named Santiago Méndez Vigo and thus became an administrative unit for the first time. Today the municipality consists of 6 barrios (Espinosa, Higuillar, Maguayo, Mameyal, Pueblo [administrative headquarters] and Río Lajas). It belongs to the San Juan – Caguas – Guaynabo metropolitan area.
Mayor is Carlos López Rivera (PNP).
The 38,165 inhabitants (as of 2010) are 74.1% white and Hispanic . The population density in 2010 was 634.4 inhabitants per km² (land area: 60.16 km²).
The main industries are tourism (beach / ocean) and the pharmaceutical industry (especially Boston Scientific , Pfizer and Heraeus ).
The 1976 G7 summit in San Juan took place at the Dorado Beach Resort . The shipwreck SS Antonio López is off the coast, the ship sank in 1898. SS Antonio López Shipwreck Site and Remains is a National Historic Landmark and is listed on the US National Register of Historic Places.
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- ↑ http://www.prfrogui.com/home/dorado.htm
- ↑ Ethnicity 2000 census Profiles of General Demographics Characteristics, 2000. May 2001. US Department of Commerce. US Census Bureau. Ponce Census Statistics: US 2000 census (PDF)
- ↑ http://focus.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/93001593