Achiote, Naranjito, Puerto Rico

Achiote is a barrio in the municipality of Naranjito, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,919.[3][4][5]

Achiote
Barrio
Location of Achiote within the municipality of Naranjito shown in red
Achiote
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°18′54″N 66°14′54″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Naranjito
Government
 • MayorOrlando Ortiz Chevres
Area
 • Total2.89 sq mi (7.5 km2)
 • Land2.80 sq mi (7.3 km2)
 • Water0.09 sq mi (0.2 km2)
Elevation781 ft (238 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total3,919
 • Density1,399.6/sq mi (540.4/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)
Zip code
00719

History

The United States took control of Puerto Rico from Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898. In 1899, the United States conducted its first census of Puerto Rico in 1899 finding that the population of Achiote barrio was 1,094.[6]

Sectors

Barrios (which are like minor civil divisions)[7] 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.[8][9][10]

The following sectors are in Achiote barrio:[11][12]

Achiote Centro, Barriada La Aldea, Barriada La Colina, Camino Chago Vázquez, Camino Chilo Padilla, Comunidad Blas Vázquez, Comunidad Los Báez, Comunidad Neco Ortega, Comunidad Oscar Padilla, Comunidad Telésforo Torres, El Cuco, Fondo del Saco, Higuillales, La Galvana, Los Café, Los Nieves, Maravilla (Chícharo), Residencial Candelario Torres, Sector Achiote Adentro, Sector Desvío, Sector El Cementerio, Sector El Llano, Sector El Peñón, Sector Felipe Velásquez, Sector La Cantera, Sector La Cuesta de Cundo, Sector La Loma, Sector La Palma, Sector Los Chévere, Sector Monchito Martínez, Sector Tanita Morales, Sector Toñito Padilla, and Urbanización Jardines de Naranjito.

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See also

References
  1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Achiote barrio
  3. Picó, Rafael; Buitrago de Santiago, Zayda; Berrios, Hector H. Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969.
  4. Gwillim Law (20 May 2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-4766-0447-3. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  5. Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
  6. Joseph Prentiss Sanger; Henry Gannett; Walter Francis Willcox (1900). Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office (in Spanish). Imprenta del gobierno. p. 162.
  7. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  8. "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  9. Rivera Quintero, Marcia (2014), El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 (first ed.), San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón, ISBN 978-0-9820806-1-0
  10. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  11. "Plan Territorial (2012)" (PDF). JP PR Gov (in Spanish). Gobierno Municipal de Naranjito -Oficina de Planificación y Ordenación Territorial. p. 43. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  12. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL NARANJITO 073" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2020.


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