| Official Name: | Borinquen |
| Settlement Type: | Barrio |
| Pushpin Map: | Caribbean |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates: | 18.4722°N -67.1612°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Commonwealth |
| Subdivision Name: |  Puerto Rico |
| Subdivision Type1: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name1: | Aguadilla |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.57 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.33 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 1.24 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Note: | Source: 2010 Census |
| Population Total: | 7415 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 2233.4 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 66 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Borinquen is a barrio in the municipality of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 7,415.[2] [3] [4]
Borinquen was in Spain's gazetteers[5] 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 Borinquen barrio was 1,271.[6]
Playuela Beach in Borinquen is a beach with of coastline.[7] A project to build hotels at Playuela Beach was in the works in 2017.[8] [9]
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[10] in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (sectors in English). The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.[11] [12] [13] [14]
The following sectors are in Borinquen barrio:[15]
Spanish; Castilian: Apartamentos Sea View, Avenida Montemar, Comunidad Borinquen (Parcelas Nuevas), Condominio Puerta del Mar, Extensión Villa Marbella, Jardines de Borinquen, Reparto El Faro, Reparto Ramos, Reparto Solá, Reparto Tres Palmas, Residencial Público Agustín Stahl, Sandford, Sector Crash Boat, Sector El Chapey, Sector El Cobo, Sector El Cuco, Sector El Faro, Sector El Macetazo, Sector El Saco, Sector Jobos, Sector Las Dos Curvas, Sector Nino Valentín, Sector Playa India, Sector Playuela, Sector Rovira, Urbanización Bella Flores, Urbanización Borinquen, Urbanización Costa del Mar, Urbanización Costa del Sol, Urbanización El Verde, Urbanización Flamboyán, Urbanización Laderas del Mar, Urbanización Las Américas, Urbanización Las Casitas, Urbanización Las Mansiones, Urbanización Marbella, Urbanización Monte Verde, Urbanización Parque Los Caobos, Urbanización Villa Blanca, Urbanización Villa Haydeé, Urbanización Villa Krystal, Urbanización Villa Matías, Urbanización Villa Ruth, Villa Águeda, Villa Betania, Villa de Palma Real, Villa Lydia, Villa Marta, and Spanish; Castilian: Vista Alegre.
Scenes in Borinquen: