page_title: Loíza, Puerto Rico
section_title: Government
hierarchical_section_title: Loíza, Puerto Rico / Government
caption_attribution_description: English: Julia Nazario Fuentes, Mayor of Loiza walking past damaged house in Loíza, Puerto Rico
context_page_description: Loíza is a city and municipality on the northeastern coast of Puerto Rico, north of Canóvanas; east of Carolina, Puerto Rico; and west of Río Grande, Puerto Rico. Loíza is spread over five wards and Loíza Pueblo. It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area.
context_section_description: Like all municipalities in Puerto Rico, Loíza is administered by a mayor. The current mayor is Julia María Nazario Fuentes, who was elected at the 2016 Puerto Rican general elections.
  The city belongs to the Puerto Rico Senatorial district VIII, which is represented by two Senators. In 2016, Nayda Venegas Brown and Eric Correa Rivera were elected as District Senators.
caption: Julia Nazario Fuentes, the mayor of Loiza, is seen walking past a damaged house in Loíza, Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria in September 2017.
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