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Bajo

Bajos
Barrio
Elementary school in Bajos
Elementary school in Bajos
Location of Bajo within the municipality of Patillas shown in red
Location of Bajo within the municipality of Patillas shown in red
Bajo, Patillas, Puerto Rico is located in Caribbean
Bajo, Patillas, Puerto Rico
Bajo, Patillas, Puerto Rico
Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth  Puerto Rico
Municipality Patillas
Area
 • Total 2.66 sq mi (6.9 km2)
 • Land 1.21 sq mi (3.1 km2)
 • Water 1.45 sq mi (3.8 km2)
Elevation
0 ft (0 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 1,530
 • Density 1,264.5/sq mi (488.2/km2)
  Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Bajo (Barrio Bajo) also spelled Bajos is a barrio in the municipality of Patillas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,530.

History

Rock wall sign in Bajos, Patillas, Puerto Rico
Rock wall sign in Bajos, Patillas, Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the combined population of Bajo and Jacaboa barrios was 1,198.

Historical population
Census Pop.
1910 691
1920 741 7.2%
1930 800 8.0%
1940 835 4.4%
1950 1,328 59.0%
1980 1,686
1990 1,716 1.8%
2000 1,722 0.3%
2010 1,530 −11.1%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930
1930-1950 1980-2000 2010

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) 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.

The following sectors are in Bajo barrio:

Calle El Fuego, Carretera 3, Sector Barro Blanco, Sector Villa Marina, Sector Villa Pesquera, and Urbanización Solimar.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Bajo (Patillas) para niños

  • List of communities in Puerto Rico
  • List of barrios and sectors of Patillas, Puerto Rico
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