Espinar, Aguada, Puerto Rico

Espinar is a barrio in the municipality of Aguada, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,281.[3][4][5]

Espinar
Barrio
Location of Espinar within the municipality of Aguada shown in red
Espinar
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°24′28″N 67°09′46″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Aguada
Area
  Total1.23 sq mi (3.2 km2)
  Land0.86 sq mi (2.2 km2)
  Water0.37 sq mi (1.0 km2)
Elevation0 ft (0 m)
Population
 (2010)
  Total1,281
  Density1,489.5/sq mi (575.1/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)

Puente de Coloso

Puente de Coloso in Guanábano

The Puente de Coloso, a bridge used during the height of sugarcane production in Puerto Rico is located near Espinar.

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 Espinar and Carrizal barrios was 1,010.[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][11][12]

The following sectors are in Espinar barrio:[13]

Brisas de Espinar (Solares), Parcelas Pastos Comunales, Sector El Caracol, Sector Hernández Ramírez, Sector Hoyo Frío, Sector La Playa, Sector Marcial, and Sector Río Culebrinas.

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See also

References

  1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Espinar 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. 160.
  7. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  8. Mari Mut, José A. (28 August 2013). "Los pueblos de Puerto Rico y las iglesias de sus plazas" (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 June 2020 via archive.org.
  9. "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  10. Rivera Quintero, Marcia (2014), El vuelo de la esperanza : Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 (Primera edición ed.), San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón, ISBN 978-0-9820806-1-0
  11. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  12. "Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico" (in Spanish). 8 August 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  13. "DESGLOSE DE SECTORES Y CENTROS DE VOTACIÓN PRECINTO ELECTORAL - AGUADA 038" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 28 October 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2020.


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