{{Short description|Town and municipality in Puerto Rico}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Salinas | official_name = Salinas del Abey | native_name = <small>{{lang|es|Municipio de Salinas}}</small> | native_name_lang = es<!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "es" for Spanish. --> | settlement_type = Town and Municipality | image_skyline = Plaza de Salinas.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Plaza de Salinas | image_flag = Flag of Salinas, Puerto Rico.svg | flag_alt = | image_shield = Escudo de Salinas, Puerto Rico.svg | shield_alt = | nicknames = ''"El Pueblo del Mojo Isleño", "Cuna del Mojito Isleño", "Los Marlins", "El pueblo de Abey"'' | anthem = ''"Salinas"'' | image_map = Locator-map-Puerto-Rico-Salinas.svg | mapsize = 300px | map_alt = | map_caption = Map of Puerto Rico highlighting Salinas Municipality | coordinates = {{coord|17.977|-66.298|type:city_scale:40000|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Sovereign state | subdivision_name = {{flag|United States}} | subdivision_type1 = Commonwealth | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Puerto Rico}} | established_title = Settled | established_date = 1800 | established_title1 = Founded | established_date1 = September 24, 1820 | established_title2 = Re-incorporated | established_date2 = July 22, 1851 | founder = Don Juan de la Rosa | parts_type = Barrios | parts = 6 barrios | p1 = Aguirre | p2 = Lapa | p3 = Palmas | p4 = Quebrada Yeguas | p5 = Río Jueyes | p6 = Salinas barrio-pueblo | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | leader_party = PPD | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Karilyn Bonilla Colón | leader_title1 = Senatorial dist. | leader_name1 = 6 – Guayama | leader_title2 = Representative dist. | leader_name2 = 30 | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 180.4 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = | area_total_sq_mi = 69.7 | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_ft = | population_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|title=PUERTO RICO: 2020 Census|url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/state-by-state/puerto-rico-population-change-between-census-decade.html|access-date=2021-08-25|website=The United States Census Bureau|language=EN-US}}</ref> | population_total = 25,789 | population_as_of = 2020 | population_est = 24,218 {{decrease}} | pop_est_as_of = 2025 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = Salinenses | population_note = | population_blank2_title = Racial groups<br /> <small>(2020 Census)</small> | population_blank2 = 16.3%White<br/>9.8% Black<br/>0.6% American Indian/AN<br/>0.0% Asian<br/>0.0% Native Hawaiian/PI<br/>32.3% Some other race<br/>41.0% Two or more races | timezone1 = AST | utc_offset1 = -4 | postal_code_type = ZIP Code | postal_code = 00751 | area_code = 787/939 | blank_name_sec1 = Major routes | blank_info_sec1 = 25px|link=Puerto Rico Highway 1 25px|link=Puerto Rico Highway 3 31px|link=Puerto Rico Highway 180<br/>25px|link=Puerto Rico Highway 52 25px|link=Puerto Rico Highway 53<br/>25px|link=Puerto Rico Highway 52 25px|link=Puerto Rico Highway 53 | website = {{URL|https://www.salinaspuertorico.com|salinaspuertorico.com}} | footnotes = | population_rank = 46th in Puerto Rico }}
'''Salinas''' ({{IPA|es|saˈlinas}}, {{IPA|es|saˈlinaʔ|local}}) is a town and municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico located in the southern coast of the island, south of Aibonito and Cayey; southeast of Coamo, east of Santa Isabel; and west of Guayama. Salinas is spread over 5 barrios and Salinas Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city).
It has long been a fishing spot for Puerto Ricans, known for its beaches, fish variety and the birthplace of the famous "mojo isleño".
Although Salinas doesn't have any commercial airports, there is a military training area there, Camp Santiago, which is one of the training centers of the Puerto Rico National Guard. Army National Guard, Air National Guard, State Guard, U.S. Army ROTC, U.S. Army Reserve and the U.S. Army also conduct military training at Camp Santiago.
==History== Salinas was founded in 1840. On July 22, 1841, its first municipal council was established by Don Agustín Colón Pacheco as Mayor, Don Jose Maria Cadavedo as Sargent of Arms, Don Juan Colon as Captain of the Civil Guard and five hacendados which were Don Antonio Semidey, Don Antonio Morelli, Don Francisco Secola, Don Julio Delannoy and Don Jose Antonio Torres. In 1847 it was annexed to the municipality of Guayama until 1851 when it regained its status as a municipality.
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 a territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States conducted its first census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Salinas was 5,731
In the 21st century the availability of clean drinking water has become an issue for Puerto Rico and especially for Salinas which is located in a dry region of the island.<ref name="Kaufman 2019">{{cite web | last=Kaufman | first=Alexander C. | title=Puerto Rico's Next Big Crisis Is Water | website=HuffPost | date=November 23, 2019 | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/puerto-rico-water_n_5dd2e6e9e4b0d2e79f917f43 | access-date=2020-07-13 | archive-date=2020-07-12 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712101429/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/puerto-rico-water_n_5dd2e6e9e4b0d2e79f917f43 | url-status=live }}</ref>
On September 20, 2017 Hurricane Maria struck the island of Puerto Rico. In Salinas, 2800 homes were destroyed by the winds, flooded rivers, and ocean surge.<ref>{{cite news | title=María, un nombre que no vamos a olvidar. Salinas quedó devastado por los vientos y la marejada ciclónica de María | trans-title=Maria, a name we will never forget. Salinas was destroyed by the winds and surge | newspaper=El Nuevo Día| date=June 13, 2019 | url=https://huracanmaria.elnuevodia.com/2017/municipio/salinas/| language=es | access-date=2022-09-11}}</ref>
During Hurricane Fiona on September 18, 2022, flood waters from {{convert|30|in|order=flip}} of rain caused the river to flood neighborhoods and destroy homes in Salinas.<ref name="NPR.org 2022">{{cite web | title=Fiona's floods devastated their homes. These residents are ready to start over | website=NPR.org | date=September 24, 2022 | url=https://www.npr.org/2022/09/24/1124865074/puerto-rico-hurricane-fiona-salinas-flooding-residents | access-date=September 24, 2022}}</ref>
==Geography== thumb|Mangroves in Salinas|left thumb|Subdivisions of Salinas. Salinas is on the southern coast.<ref name="PR_Ency">{{cite web|url=https://enciclopediapr.org/en/encyclopedia/salinas-municipality/|title=Salinas Municipality|publisher=Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades (FPH)|website=enciclopediapr.org|access-date=2019-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404130055/https://enciclopediapr.org/en/encyclopedia/salinas-municipality/|archive-date=2019-04-04|url-status=live}}</ref> *Gorges: The Callao, La Palma y Majada and Pasto Viejo. *Lagoons: Mar Negro and Punta Arctias. *Rivers: Río Jájome, Río Jueyes, Río Lapa and Río Nigua (Río Salinas). *Mountains: Cerro Las Tetas, Montes Oscuros
===Barrios=== Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Salinas is subdivided into barrios. The municipal buildings, central square and large Catholic church are located in a barrio referred to as {{lang|es|"el pueblo"}}.<ref name="Pico_1969">{{cite book |last1=Picó |first1=Rafael |last2=Buitrago de Santiago |first2=Zayda |last3=Berrios |first3=Hector H. |title=Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. |url=https://archive.org/details/nuevageografad00pic/page/247 |publisher=San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969 |access-date=2019-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226171916/https://archive.org/details/nuevageografad00pic/page/247 |archive-date=2018-12-26 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Law2015">{{cite book|author=Gwillim Law|title=Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=nXCeCQAAQBAJ|access-date=December 25, 2018|date=May 20, 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-0447-3|page=300}}</ref><ref name="US2010Census" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://welcome.topuertorico.org/maps/salinas.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324204920/http://welcome.topuertorico.org/maps/salinas.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2018-03-24 |title=Map of Salinas at the Wayback Machine|access-date=2018-12-29 }}</ref> #Aguirre #Lapa #Palmas #Quebrada Yeguas #Río Jueyes #Salinas barrio-pueblo<ref name="Barrio-Pueblo">{{cite web |title=US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm |website=factfinder.com |publisher=US Census |access-date=January 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513190743/https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm |archive-date=May 13, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Sectors=== Barrios (which are like minor civil divisions)<ref name="Barrio-Pueblo"/> and subbarrios,<ref name="Census map">{{cite web |title=P.L. 94-171 VTD/SLD Reference Map (2010 Census): Salinas Municipio, PR |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/vtd_sld/st72_spanish/c72123_salinas/PL10VTDSP_C72123_001.pdf |website=www2.census.gov |publisher=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=August 22, 2020 |archive-date=August 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822191915/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/vtd_sld/st72_spanish/c72123_salinas/PL10VTDSP_C72123_001.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> are further subdivided into smaller areas called {{lang|es|sectores}} (''sectors'' in English). The types of ''sectores'' may vary, from normally ''sector'' to ''urbanización'' to ''reparto'' to ''barriada'' to ''residencial'', among others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presupuesto.pr.gov/Presupuesto2015-2016/PresupuestosAgencias/229.htm|title=Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)|website=Puerto Rico Budgets|language=es|access-date=June 28, 2019|archive-date=June 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628234856/http://www.presupuesto.pr.gov/Presupuesto2015-2016/PresupuestosAgencias/229.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Rivera Quintero, Marcia | title=El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997–2004 | publication-date=2014 | publisher=San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón | edition=first | isbn=978-0-9820806-1-0 }}</ref><ref name="Law 1-2001">{{cite web|url=http://www.lexjuris.com/lexlex/Leyes2001/lex2001001.htm|title=Leyes del 2001|website=Lex Juris Puerto Rico|language=es|access-date=June 24, 2020|archive-date=September 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914224408/http://www.lexjuris.com/lexlex/Leyes2001/lex2001001.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Special Communities=== {{See also|Puerto Rico Office for Socioeconomic and Community Development}} thumb|Children of Las Mareas community welcoming "Tuque the manatee" {{lang|es|Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico}} (Special Communities of Puerto Rico) are marginalized communities whose citizens are experiencing a certain amount of social exclusion. A map shows these communities occur in nearly every municipality of the commonwealth. Of the 742 places that were on the list in 2014, the following barrios, communities, sectors, or neighborhoods were in Salinas: Las Mareas, Playita, el Coco, Comunidad Aguirre, El Coquí, Parcelas Vázquez, San Felipe, Sector Borinquén, and Sector Villa Cofresí.<ref>{{Citation|author1=Rivera Quintero, Marcia|title=El vuelo de la esperanza:Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997–2004|publication-date=2014| publisher=San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón| edition=Primera edición|page=273|isbn=978-0-9820806-1-0}}</ref>
===Climate=== thumb|left|Climate chart for Salinas According to data provided by the Aguirre weather station, Salinas has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: ''Aw''). The annual average temperature of Salinas is {{Convert|78.3|F}}, of which August is the hottest month with an average temperature of {{Convert|81.0|F}}, and January is the coolest month with an average temperature of {{Convert|75.2|F}}.<ref name=NCEI/> There are about 105 days with a temperature above {{Convert|90|F}} every year, and there are 4 hot days with a temperature above {{Convert|95|F}} every year; at the same time, there are also 4 nights with a temperature below {{Convert|60|F}} every year.<ref name=NOWData/> The annual precipitation in Salinas is {{Convert|40.37|in}}, of which the rainy season is from May to November, and the precipitation accounts for about 82.5% of the whole year.<ref name=NCEI/> Among them, September is the wettest, and the precipitation can reach {{Convert|6.85|in}}.<ref name=NCEI/> The temperature extremes ever recorded in Salinas ranged from {{Convert|51|F}} on December 3, 2013 to {{Convert|100|F}} on September 18, 2016.<ref name=NOWData/> {{Weather box |location = Aguirre, Salinas (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1955–present) |single line = Y |temperature colour= |Jan record high F = 93 |Feb record high F = 92 |Mar record high F = 94 |Apr record high F = 96 |May record high F = 94 |Jun record high F = 98 |Jul record high F = 98 |Aug record high F = 99 |Sep record high F = 100 |Oct record high F = 98 |Nov record high F = 96 |Dec record high F = 95 |year record high F = 100 |Jan avg record high F = 89.2 |Feb avg record high F = 89.5 |Mar avg record high F = 89.7 |Apr avg record high F = 90.8 |May avg record high F = 91.0 |Jun avg record high F = 92.3 |Jul avg record high F = 93.7 |Aug avg record high F = 94.6 |Sep avg record high F = 94.7 |Oct avg record high F = 92.8 |Nov avg record high F = 91.8 |Dec avg record high F = 90.7 |year avg record high F = 95.8 |Jan high F = 84.1 |Feb high F = 84.1 |Mar high F = 84.3 |Apr high F = 85.4 |May high F = 86.4 |Jun high F = 87.3 |Jul high F = 87.8 |Aug high F = 88.6 |Sep high F = 88.5 |Oct high F = 87.7 |Nov high F = 86.8 |Dec high F = 85.2 |year high F = 86.4 |Jan mean F = 75.2 |Feb mean F = 75.6 |Mar mean F = 75.7 |Apr mean F = 77.3 |May mean F = 79.2 |Jun mean F = 80.6 |Jul mean F = 80.6 |Aug mean F = 81.0 |Sep mean F = 80.6 |Oct mean F = 79.8 |Nov mean F = 78.3 |Dec mean F = 76.3 |year mean F = 78.3 |Jan low F = 66.4 |Feb low F = 67.1 |Mar low F = 67.1 |Apr low F = 69.2 |May low F = 72.0 |Jun low F = 73.9 |Jul low F = 73.5 |Aug low F = 73.4 |Sep low F = 72.8 |Oct low F = 71.8 |Nov low F = 69.9 |Dec low F = 67.5 |year low F = 70.4 |Jan avg record low F = 62.2 |Feb avg record low F = 63.1 |Mar avg record low F = 62.9 |Apr avg record low F = 64.3 |May avg record low F = 67.4 |Jun avg record low F = 70.3 |Jul avg record low F = 68.7 |Aug avg record low F = 69.4 |Sep avg record low F = 69.0 |Oct avg record low F = 67.8 |Nov avg record low F = 65.7 |Dec avg record low F = 63.4 |year avg record low F = 59.7 |Jan record low F = 55 |Feb record low F = 57 |Mar record low F = 54 |Apr record low F = 57 |May record low F = 60 |Jun record low F = 62 |Jul record low F = 61 |Aug record low F = 58 |Sep record low F = 58 |Oct record low F = 57 |Nov record low F = 54 |Dec record low F = 51 |year record low F = 51 |precipitation colour=green |Jan precipitation inch = 1.26 |Feb precipitation inch = 1.24 |Mar precipitation inch = 1.36 |Apr precipitation inch = 1.51 |May precipitation inch = 4.51 |Jun precipitation inch = 2.92 |Jul precipitation inch = 3.60 |Aug precipitation inch = 5.27 |Sep precipitation inch = 6.85 |Oct precipitation inch = 5.66 |Nov precipitation inch = 4.53 |Dec precipitation inch = 1.66 |year precipitation inch = 40.37 |unit precipitation days = 0.01 in |Jan precipitation days = 6.6 |Feb precipitation days = 6.6 |Mar precipitation days = 5.8 |Apr precipitation days = 6.5 |May precipitation days = 8.8 |Jun precipitation days = 11.1 |Jul precipitation days = 9.6 |Aug precipitation days = 9.8 |Sep precipitation days = 10.1 |Oct precipitation days = 11.0 |Nov precipitation days = 9.6 |Dec precipitation days = 7.3 |year precipitation days = 102.8 |source 1 = NOAA<ref name=NOWData>{{cite web |url = https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=sju |title = NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date = August 7, 2023 |archive-date = June 24, 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210624234317/https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=sju |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name=NCEI> {{cite web |url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=RQC00660152&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL |title = Station: AGUIRRE, PR RQ |work = U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991–2020) |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date = August 7, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230807092335/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=RQC00660152&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL |archive-date = 2023-08-07}}</ref>}}
==Economy== ===Agriculture=== thumb|Picking tomatoes in Salinas Salinas is one of the main agricultural producers on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. It has large banana and papaya farms in its Lapa and Aguirre barrios. The Río Jueyes barrio is one of the main producers of beef in the south, counting with La Hacienda Las Carolinas which supplies Ganaderia Santiago, a slaughter house, with meat. Salinas also is headquarters for Canto Alegre, a company which specializes in poultry. This company supplies most of Puerto Rico's supermarkets with fresh poultry.
===Business=== *Apparel *Commercial fishing: Salinas has a private marina with a hotel and convention center.<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 11, 2021|title=Empresarios locales transforman la Marina de Salinas con una inversión de $8.5 millones|trans-title=Local businessmen transform the marina of Salinas with an investment of $8.5 million|url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/negocios/empresas-comercios/notas/empresarios-locales-transforman-la-marina-de-salinas-con-una-inversion-de-85-millones/|access-date=2021-09-11|website=El Nuevo Día|language=es}}</ref>
===Industry=== The Aguirre Sugar Cane Mill was the last operational sugarcane mill in Puerto Rico and closed its doors in 1993. The Central Aguirre Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic places but there are no current plans to renovate the area and is now mostly in ruins.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-ruins-of-central-aguirre|title=The Ruins of Central Aguirre|website=Atlas Obscura|access-date=June 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613155223/https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-ruins-of-central-aguirre|archive-date=June 13, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Some other industries in Salinas include electrical and electronic machinery, plastics, sunglasses.
==Tourism== thumb|250px|View of "El Cayo Matias" in Salinas
===Landmarks and places of interest=== There are 17 beaches in Salinas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/puerto-rico/nota/las1200playasdepuertorico-1216285/|title=Las 1,200 playas de Puerto Rico [The 1200 beaches of Puerto Rico]|date=April 14, 2017|website=Primera Hora|language=es|access-date=December 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212200804/https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/puerto-rico/nota/las1200playasdepuertorico-1216285/|archive-date=December 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Some of Salina's main attractions are: *Albergue Olímpico (Olympic Hostel), is a sports complex and hostel with air-conditioned rooms.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbwaClHpCeA|title=S2 VLOG_098 Como vive un atleta en el albergue olimpico|date=July 7, 2019|via=YouTube|first=Jose|last=Valiente|access-date=July 8, 2019|archive-date=August 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822191933/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbwaClHpCeA|url-status=live}}</ref> *Antigua Central Aguirre (Sugar Cane Mill) *Camp Santiago *Montes Oscuros *Monumento al Jíbaro
==Culture== ===Festivals and events=== Salinas celebrates its patron saint festival in September. The {{lang|es|Fiestas Patronales Nuestra Señora de la Monserrate}} is a religious and cultural celebration that generally features parades, games, artisans, amusement rides, regional food, and live entertainment.<ref name="PR_Ency" />
Other festivals and events celebrated in Salinas include: * Abey Carnival – February to celebrate Abey – Cacique (Chief) of Yucayeque, a former Taino village in the area of Abeyno, Salinas * {{lang|es|Pescao Festival}} – June * {{lang|es|Festival Del Mojo Isleño}}
==Demographics== {{US Census population | 1900= 5731 | 1910= 11403 | 1920= 12971 | 1930= 15446 | 1940= 19400 | 1950= 23435 | 1960= 23133 | 1970= 21837 | 1980= 26438 | 1990= 28335 | 2000= 31113 | 2010= 31078 | 2020= 25789 |estyear= 2025 |estimate= 24218 |estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2025">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html|title=County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2025|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 19, 2026}}</ref> {{decrease}} |align-fn=center |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2016/PEPANNRES/0500000US72005|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213114938/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2016/PEPANNRES/0500000US72005|archive-date=February 13, 2020}}</ref><br />1899 (shown as 1900)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|title=Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899|publisher=War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716033905/https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|archive-date=July 16, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> 1910–1930<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|title=Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817181600/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|archive-date=August 17, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><br />1930–1950<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|title=Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150830033735/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|archive-date=August 30, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> 1960–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|title=Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724061852/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|archive-date=July 24, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> 2010<ref name= "US2010Census">{{cite book|title=Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf|url=https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|year=2010|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2018-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220183043/https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|archive-date=2017-02-20|url-status=live}}</ref> 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=PUERTO RICO: 2020 Census|url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/state-by-state/puerto-rico-population-change-between-census-decade.html|access-date=2021-08-25|website=The United States Census Bureau|language=EN-US}}</ref> }}
{| class="wikitable" |+ '''Demographic distribution''' |- !colspan=3|Race – Salinas, Puerto Rico – 2000 Census<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.topuertorico.org/pdf/2kh72.pdf|title=Ethnicity 2000 census|access-date=June 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216013103/http://www.topuertorico.org/pdf/2kh72.pdf|archive-date=February 16, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> |----- ! Race ! Population ! % of Total |----- | '''White'''||4,645||74.6% |----- | '''Black/African American'''||647||10.6% |----- | '''American Indian and Alaska Native'''||29||0.4% |----- | '''Asian'''||8||0.1% |----- | '''Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander'''||2||0.1% |----- | '''Some other race'''||599||9.8% |----- | '''Two or more races'''||211||4.5% |}
==Government== {{main|Mayoralty in Puerto Rico}} All municipalities in Puerto Rico are administered by a mayor, elected every four years. Karilyn Bonilla Colón (of the Popular Democratic Party) was elected as mayor at the 2012 general election, succeeding Carlos Rodríguez Mateo.
The city belongs to the Puerto Rico Senatorial district VI, which is represented by two Senators. In 2024, Rafael Santos Ortiz and Wilmer Reyes Berríos were elected as District Senators.<ref>[https://elecciones2024.ceepur.org/Escrutinio_General_121/index.html#es/default/SENADORES_POR_DISTRITO_Guayama_VI.xml Elecciones Generales 2024: Escrutinio General] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241115225812/https://elecciones2024.ceepur.org/Escrutinio_General_121/index.html#es/default/SENADORES_POR_DISTRITO_Guayama_VI.xml |date=November 15, 2024 }} on CEEPUR</ref>
== Transportation == There are 41 bridges in Salinas.<ref name="bridge">{{cite web|title=Salinas Bridges|url=http://bridgereports.com/pr/salinas/|website=National Bridge Inventory Data|publisher=US Dept. of Transportation|access-date=February 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220181447/http://bridgereports.com/pr/salinas/|archive-date=February 20, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Symbols== The {{lang|es|municipio}} has an official flag and coat of arms.<ref>{{cite web | title=Ley Núm. 70 de 2006 -Ley para disponer la oficialidad de la bandera y el escudo de los setenta y ocho (78) municipios. | website=LexJuris de Puerto Rico | url=https://www.lexjuris.com/LEXLEX/Leyes2006/lexl2006070.htm | language=es | access-date=2021-06-15}}</ref>
===Flag=== On a green rectangular field, five white isosceles triangles equal in size, placed in the center of the flag and forming a row that covers the extent of the background. The green represents the land and the triangles hills of salt from which the name of the town is derived.<ref name="LexJuris (Leyes y Jurisprudencia) de Puerto Rico 2020">{{cite web | title=SALINAS | website=LexJuris (Leyes y Jurisprudencia) de Puerto Rico | date=February 19, 2020 | url=http://www.lexjuris.com/pueblos/pueblos_files/SALINAS.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219000302/http://www.lexjuris.com/pueblos/pueblos_files/SALINAS.html | archive-date=February 19, 2020 | url-status=live | language=es | access-date=September 17, 2020}}</ref>
===Coat of arms=== The shield uses the traditional colors of the town; green and silver. The salt knolls indicate in graphical form the name of the town: Salinas. The fish refer to the fishing. The sugar cane leaves that surround the shield, symbolize the sugar cane plantations.<ref name="LexJuris (Leyes y Jurisprudencia) de Puerto Rico 2020" />
== Notable people == * '''Angel "Cholo" Espada''' - former World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight champion of the world * '''Evelina Lopez Antonetty''' - Puerto Rican civil rights activist and founder of United Bronx Parents * '''Zuleyka Rivera''' - Miss Universe 2006 * '''Héctor Santiago-Colón''' - Medal of Honor recipient in the Vietnam War * '''Jay Wheeler''' - reggaeton singer * '''Georgina Borri''' - (born 1954) actress
==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed" heights="170"> File:Trees in Salinas, Puerto Rico.jpg|Trees in Salinas File:Beach in Salinas, Puerto Rico.jpg|Beach in Salinas File:Cordillera Central, Salinas, Puerto Rico.jpg|Montes Oscuros File:Alcaldia Municipal (City Hall) of the Municipality of Salinas, Puerto Rico (1920) - photograph - page 151.jpg|The Town hall building in 1920 </gallery>
==See also== {{Portal|Puerto Rico|Geography}} *List of Puerto Ricans *History of Puerto Rico *Did you know-Puerto Rico?
==References== {{Reflist}}
== Further reading == * {{cite book |year=1955 |title=Mapa de municipios y barrios - Salinas - Memoria Núm. 38 |url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_38_Salinas-1955.pdf |location=University of Puerto Rico |publisher=Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, Oficina del Gobernador, Junta de Planificacion, Santurce, Puerto Rico}}
==External links== * [http://pr.gov/Directorios//Pages/InfoMunicipio.aspx?PRIFA=M123 Puerto Rico Government Directory – Salinas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206222633/https://pr.gov/Directorios/Pages/InfoMunicipio.aspx?PRIFA=M123 |date=February 6, 2023 }} • https://www.salinaspuertorico.com
• http://www.caneydelafamasalinas.com
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