Florida Adentro, Florida, Puerto Rico
Florida Adentro is a barrio in the municipality of Florida, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 12,680.
The central plaza and its church
Located across the central plaza in Florida Adentro is the Parroquia Nuestra Señora de la Merced, a Roman Catholic church.History
Florida Adentro was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Florida Adentro barrio was 2,002. Florida Adentro was part of Barceloneta then.Sectors
Barrios are subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores. The types of sectores may vary, from sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.The following sectors are in Florida Adentro barrio:
Alturas de Yanes 2da.,
Alturas de Yanes 3ra.,
Florida Gardens Apartments,
Avenida Heriberto González,
Calle Antonio Alcázar,
Calle Charlie Montoyo,
Calle Delicias Norte,
Calle Delicias Sur,
Calle Julio Reina,
Calle Manuel Colón,
Calle Roberto González,
Calle Valle Verde,
Puerto Rico Highway 140, and Urbanización Vegas de Florida.