Guayabo, Aguada, Puerto Rico

Guayabo is a barrio in the municipality of Aguada, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,273.[3][4][5]

Guayabo
Barrio
Location of Guayabo within the municipality of Aguada shown in red
Guayabo
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°22′28″N 67°12′32″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Aguada
Area
 • Total2.42 sq mi (6.3 km2)
 • Land2.20 sq mi (5.7 km2)
 • Water0.22 sq mi (0.6 km2)
Elevation10 ft (3 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total3,273
 • Density1,494.5/sq mi (577.0/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 combined population of Guayabo, Cruces and Río Grande barrios was 1,533.[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]

The following sectors are in Guayabo barrio:[12]

Avenida Nativo Alers, Condominio Mar Azul, Condominio Ocean View Castle, Extensión Casualidad, Sector El Palmar, Sector El Túnel, Sector Hacienda El Palmar, Sector Juan Cardona, Sector La Mora, Sector Las Cruces, Sector Miguel A. Ruíz, Sector Pancho Agudo, Sector Pascual Muñoz, Sector Silva, Tramo Carretera 115, Urbanización El Palmar, and Urbanización Villas del Palmar.

In Guayabo barrio is part of the Aguada urban zone.[5]

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See also

References
  1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Guayabo 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 (first 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 23 June 2020.
  12. "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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