Rincón, Gurabo, Puerto Rico

Rincón is a barrio in the municipality of Gurabo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 10,967.[3][4][5]

Rincón
Barrio
Location of Rincón within the municipality of Gurabo shown in red
Rincón
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°14′58″N 65°59′24″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Gurabo
Area
 • Total5.44 sq mi (14.1 km2)
 • Land5.33 sq mi (13.8 km2)
 • Water0.11 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Elevation203 ft (62 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total10,967
 • Density2,057.6/sq mi (794.4/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 Rincón barrio was 1,155.[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 Rincón barrio:[13]

Barriada Las Flores, Buena Vista Apartments, Condominio Villas del Este (Modena 1, 2, 3), Égida Gurabo Elderly Housing, Reparto San José, Residencial Luis del Carmen Echevarría, Sector Agosto, Sector Bella Vista, Sector Cabezudo, Sector Castro, Sector Cayano, Sector Gómez, Sector Jalisco, Sector La Finca, Sector Leal, Sector Los Calderón, Sector Los Cuadrado, Sector Los Rodríguez, Sector Matanzo, Sector Matías Jiménez, Sector Pello Cruz, Sector Perdomo, Sector Pérez, Sector Piro Cruz, Sector Sánchez Cabezudo, Sector Sánchez, Urbanización Campamento, Urbanización El Vivero, Urbanización Los Maestros, Urbanización O'Reilly, Urbanización Senderos de Gurabo, Urbanización Toscana, Urbanización Villa Alegre, Urbanización Villa del Carmen, Urbanización Villa Marina I, Urbanización Villa Marina II, Urbanización Villas de Gurabo, and Urbanización Villas de Gurabo II.

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See also

References
  1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rincón 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. 163.
  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. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL GURABO 084" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2020.


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