Borinquen is a barrio in the municipality of

Caguas, Puerto Rico Caguas (, ) is a city and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range of Puerto Rico, south of San Juan and Trujillo Alto, west of Gurabo and San Lorenzo, and east of Aguas Buenas, Cidra, and Cayey. Caguas was found ...

. Its population in 2010 was 7,953.

History

Puerto Rico was ceded by

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in the aftermath of the

Spanish–American War , partof = the Philippine Revolution, the decolonization of the Americas, and the Cuban War of Independence , image = Collage infobox for Spanish-American War.jpg , image_size = 300px , caption = (cloc ...

under the terms of the

Treaty of Paris of 1898 The Treaty of Peace between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain, commonly known as the Treaty of Paris of 1898 ( fil, Kasunduan sa Paris ng 1898; es, Tratado de París de 1898), was a treaty signed by Spain and the United Stat ...

and became an

unincorporated territory of the United States Territories of the United States are sub-national administrative divisions overseen by the federal government of the United States. The various American territories differ from the U.S. states and tribal reservations as they are not sover ...

. In 1899, the

United States Department of War The United States Department of War, also called the War Department (and occasionally War Office in the early years), was the United States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army, ...

conducted a

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ...

of Puerto Rico finding that the combined population of Borinquen barrio and Bairoa barrio was 3,870. In 1952, it became a U.S. Commonwealth.

Landmarks and places of interest

* Caguas Real Golf and Country Club, partially located in Borinquen. *Charco El Cantil, natural swimming pool on the

Turabo River The Turabo River ( es, Río Turabo ) is a river of Caguas, Puerto Rico. See also *List of rivers of Puerto Rico A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List Col ...

. * Plaza Turabo, a riverside park located along the Turabo River. * Terrazas de Borinquen Recreational Area, community pool and park.

Gallery

File:2022viewofcaguas1.jpg,

Caguas Valley Caguas Valley (Spanish: ''Valle de Caguas''), or the Caguas-Juncos Valley and popularly referred to as the Turabo Valley (Spanish: ''Valle del Turabo''), is a large valley lying between the Central Mountain Range and the Sierra de Luquillo in the ...

from Borinquen File:2022borinquencaguas1.jpg, Mountains near Borinquen File:2022charcoelcantil1.jpg, Charco El Cantil

References

Barrios of Caguas, Puerto Rico {{CaguasPR-geo-stub