Guaraguao, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico

Guaraguao is a barrio in the municipality of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,178.[3][4][5]

Guaraguao
Barrio
Location of Guaraguao within the municipality of Guaynabo shown in red
Guaraguao
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°18′55″N 66°08′02″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Guaynabo
Area
 • Total1.75 sq mi (4.5 km2)
 • Land1.75 sq mi (4.5 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation282 ft (86 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total4,178
 • Density2,387.4/sq mi (921.8/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)

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 Guaraguao barrio was 763.[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 Guaraguao barrio:[11][12]

Calle Ceiba, Calle Diamante, Calle Flamboyán, Calle Jazmín, Calle La Vega, Calle Laguna, Calle Manantial, Calle Peña, Calle Rosado, Calle Saturno, Parcelas López Caces, Sector Benito Guzmán, Sector Cabrera, Sector Carrillo, Sector Corea, Sector Elipio Pérez, Sector Estrella, Sector Figueroa, Sector Guerra, Sector Juana Ramos, Sector La Brecha, Sector La Muralla, Sector La Vega, Sector Landrau, Sector Los Báez, Sector Los Cintrón, Sector Los Lagunas, Sector Los Motores, Sector Los Sánchez, Sector Monte Comunal, Sector Peña, Sector Puerto Nuevo, Sector Romero, Sector Villa Isleña, and Urbanización Nieves Padilla.

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See also

References
  1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Guaraguao 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.


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