Table 7-4. Geographic Entities of Puerto Rico and the Outlying Areas in 1990
Entity | Generic Term | Status | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Puerto Rico[7-4 1] | Puerto Rico | State | Functioning | |
Municipio | First-Order Subdivision | Functioning | ||
Barrio | MCD | Nonfunctioning | ||
Barrio-Pueblo | MCD | Nonfunctioning | ||
Zona Urbana | Place | Statistical | ||
Comunidad | Place | Statistical | ||
American Samoa | American Samoa | State | Functioning | |
District | First-Order Subdivision | Functioning | ||
Island | First-Order Subdivision | Nonfunctioning | ||
County | MCD | Functioning | ||
Island | MCD | False[7-4 2] | ||
Village | Place | Functioning | ||
Guam | Guam | State | Functioning | |
Guam | First-Order Subdivision | False[7-4 2] | ||
Election District | MCD | Nonfunctioning | ||
CDP | Place | Statistical | ||
Northern Mariana Islands |
Northern Mariana Is. | State | Functioning | |
Municipality | First-Order Subdivision | Functioning | ||
Municipal District | MCD | Nonfunctioning | ||
CDP | Place | Statistical | ||
Palau | Palau | State | Functioning | |
State | First-Order Subdivision | False[7-4 2] | ||
State | MCD | False[7-4 2] | ||
Municipality | MCD | Functioning | ||
CDP | Place | Statistical | ||
Virgin Islands | Virgin Islands | State | Functioning | |
Island | First-Order Subdivision | Nonfunctioning | ||
Census Subdistrict | MCD | Statistical | ||
Town | Place | Nonfunctioning | ||
CDP | Place | Statistical |
- ↑ In Puerto Rico, some MCDs (barrios and barrios-pueblo) are divided into sub-MCDs (subbarrios), which are nonfunctioning entities.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 A false entity is a geographic entity that is established to create complete coverage at a specific geographic level; for example, a place also serves as an MCD in order to provide complete coverage at the MCD level.
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