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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

1. In Puerto Rico, some MCDs (barrios and barrios-pueblo) are divided into sub-MCDs (subbarrios), which are nonfunctioning entities.
2. 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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