Camarones, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico

Camarones is a barrio in the municipality of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 5,626.[3][4][5]

Camarones
Barrio
Location of Camarones within the municipality of Guaynabo shown in red
Camarones
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°20′12″N 66°06′41″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Guaynabo
Area
 • Total2.44 sq mi (6.3 km2)
 • Land2.44 sq mi (6.3 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation157 ft (48 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total5,626
 • Density2,305.7/sq mi (890.2/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)

History

The name camarones meaning "shrimp" in English comes from the Camarones River.

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 Camarones barrio was 620.[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 Camarones barrio:[11][12]

Barrio Camarones Centro, Calle Amapola, Calle Los López, Calle Los Pinos, Condominios Alamanda, Egida Mi Sagrada Familia, Sector Altos de Camarones, Sector Apama, Sector El Cementerio, Sector El Hoyo, Sector La Pachanga, Sector La Pagana, Sector Los Angeles, Sector Los Cabellos, Sector Los Condenados, Sector Los Guayabo, Sector Los López, Sector Los Machuca, Sector Los Manzanos, Sector Mangotín, Sector Manhattan, Sector Morán, Sector Moscú, Sector Petra Ortiz, Sector Puente Salomón Rondón, Sector Rogelio García, Sector Sánchez López, Sector Siso Nazario, Short Hills, and Urbanización Estancias de APAMA I y II.

Crime

Carjackings are a problem in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico[13][14][15][16] and the FBI is the jurisdiction involved in investigations of carjackings in Puerto Rico.[17]

Notable people

Several notable musicians have come out of Camarones barrio in Guaynabo including: Juan Pablo Rosario (El papa de los cantaros), the Morales brothers (Ramito, Moralito, Luisito and Casito) who were troubadours. Angel Alfonso Cruz "Alfonsillo", musician and troubadour singer. Vitín Cruz "El Canario", brother of "Alfonsillo" also a good troubadour, Toño León, Willie Berrios and Elvis Crespo, who sings Merengue.[18]

gollark: Of course, if it's invisible, we can't tell what color it is.
gollark: If I get an invisible tinsel I guess I'll be happy, but I much prefer shimmerscales.
gollark: I'm hoping for an invisible silver myself.
gollark: 12 hours to go until we don't win prizes!
gollark: NEGADRAGON!

See also

References
  1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Camarones 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 GUAYNABO 006" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  12. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL GUAYNABO 007" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  13. Rico, Metro Puerto. "Sacan familia de auto para hacer carjacking en Guaynabo". Metro (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  14. "Video: Carjacking en centro comercial de Guaynabo". Telemundo PR (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  15. VOCERO, Nicole Candelaria, Especial para EL. "Investigan carjacking en Guaynabo". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  16. "Mujer víctima de carjacking a punta de pistola en Guaynabo". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 19 January 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  17. "Arrests of Elvin Manuel Otero Tarzia, Sebastian Angelo Saldana, Kevin Rivera Ruiz, and a Male Juvenile". FBI. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  18. "Camarones" (in Spanish). Government of Guaynabo Municipality. Retrieved 24 June 2019.


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