Barahona, Morovis, Puerto Rico

Barahona is a barrio in the municipality of Morovis, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 5,244.[3][4][5]

Barahona
Barrio
Building in Barahona
Location of Barahona within the municipality of Morovis shown in red
Barahona
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°21′43″N 66°26′50″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Morovis
Area
 • Total3.76 sq mi (9.7 km2)
 • Land3.76 sq mi (9.7 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation561 ft (171 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total5,244
 • Density1,398.4/sq mi (539.9/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)
Zip code
00687

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 finding that the population of Barahona barrio was 854.[6]

Hurricane Maria
National Guard of Puerto Rico with water trucks in Barahona

After Hurricane Maria destroyed critical infrastructure in Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017, the Puerto Rico National Guard was tasked with providing people with potable water.

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 Barahona barrio:[11]

Carretera 633, Parcelas Barahona, Sector Cabachuelas I, Sector Germán Vega, Sector La Lomita, Sector Los Currás, Sector Siete Cuerdas, Sector VilLa Roca, Urbanización Brisas de Barahona, Urbanización Hacienda Las Marías, Urbanización Reparto Los Torres, Urbanización Valle San Luis, and Valle Barahona.

  • Barahona Auto Parts
  • Puerto Rico Highway 633 in Barahona
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gollark: It's not like JS programs have control over garbage collection.
gollark: Either GopherAtl or GoofySloof. I forget which.
gollark: Someone's already done that.
gollark: If the mesa is depleted people will just switch to (half as efficient) regular mining. There have been interesting developments in efficient quarrying recently.

See also

References
  1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Barahona 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. 161.
  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. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL MOROVIS 020" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2020.


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