Lomas, Canóvanas, Puerto Rico

Lomas is a barrio in the municipality of Canóvanas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 5,336.[3][4][5]

Lomas
Barrio
Location of Lomas within the municipality of Canóvanas shown in red
Lomas
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°16′54″N 65°53′34″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Canóvanas
Area
 • Total7.39 sq mi (19.1 km2)
 • Land7.39 sq mi (19.1 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation889 ft (271 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total5,336
 • Density722.1/sq mi (278.8/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)

Sectors

Barrios (which are like minor civil divisions)[6] 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.[7][8][9]

The following sectors are in Lomas barrio:[10][11]

Parcelas Las Cuatrocientas, Sector Las Yayas, Sector Lomas Cole, Sector Los Casillas, Sector Los Fortis, Sector Los González, Sector Martín Rodríguez, and Sector Quebrada Prieta.

See also

References
  1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lomas 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. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  7. "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  8. 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
  9. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  10. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL CANÓVANAS 104" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 8 November 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  11. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL CANÓVANAS 105" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2020.

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lomas barrio


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