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Puerto Rico municipios: official directory, map, and data

Use the official directory for municipal government, the Planning Board map for municipio and barrio boundaries, and dated survey profiles for comparable estimates.

By Ben Guo · Sources verified · Publisher reviewed

Keep geography, government, and data separate

One municipio question may require three different official sources
LayerSourceWhat it can answer
Municipal governmentPR.gov municipio directory. [1]The official municipal destination and published contact or service entry points
Municipio and barrio geographyPuerto Rico Planning Board map. [2]A static official reference showing the 78 municipios and 902 barrios represented by that map
Comparable municipal estimatesPuerto Rico Community Survey profiles. [3]Five-year estimates for selected demographic, social, economic, and housing measures

Build a source-based municipal comparison

  • Fix the address or geography. Confirm the municipio and barrio using an official map or transaction source rather than a listing's informal area label.
  • Name the practical question. Commute, utility account, school, permit, healthcare access, emergency planning, and municipal service questions each have different owners.
  • Use the responsible source. Contact the municipality or agency that operates the service and record the page, office, date, and answer.
  • Use statistics with their period. Compare the same measure and five-year period, keeping margins of error and definitions when supplied.
  • Verify in person when the decision warrants it. A directory or dataset cannot establish noise, road access, building condition, service reliability, or an individual's daily experience.

Open the directory, map, and profiles

Sources checked

  1. Directorio de municipios — Government of Puerto Rico; Agency guidance; ES. Live directory for Puerto Rico's 78 municipio governments. Individual profiles and contact details can update independently.
  2. Mapa de municipios y barrios de Puerto Rico — Junta de Planificación de Puerto Rico; Government report; ES. Static map under Resolution JP-2023-340 identifying Puerto Rico's 78 municipios and 902 barrios. It is not current service, hazard, or boundary-title evidence.
  3. Encuesta sobre la Comunidad: perfiles municipales — Instituto de Estadísticas de Puerto Rico, State Data Center; Government report; ES. Annual five-year survey estimates for Puerto Rico and its 78 municipios. Estimates are not administrative counts or a measure of current service quality.

About this guide

Scope and editorial record
Applies as of
Published
Last modified
Jurisdiction
Puerto Rico
Applies to
People trying to understand Puerto Rico municipio and barrio geography; Readers comparing official municipal profiles or locating a municipal government
Author
Ben Guo, publisher and product author
Review
Publisher-reviewed against the official directory, Planning Board map, and survey-profile portal. No municipality, planner, demographer, geographer, or Puerto Rican community contributor has professionally reviewed this guide.
Next source review

Ben Guo publishes and builds act60.me from his own planning research. He is not presented here as a Puerto Rico attorney, CPA, enrolled agent, historian, or cultural reviewer.

Revision history
  • : Initial municipio directory published without rankings, demographic proxies, or qualitative place claims.