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Barros
Barrio
Location of Barros within the municipality of Orocovis shown in red
Location of Barros within the municipality of Orocovis shown in red
Barros, Orocovis, Puerto Rico is located in Caribbean
Barros, Orocovis, Puerto Rico
Barros, Orocovis, Puerto Rico
Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth  Puerto Rico
Municipality Orocovis
Area
 • Total 2.74 sq mi (7.1 km2)
 • Land 2.74 sq mi (7.1 km2)
 • Water 0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
1,906 ft (581 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 1,917
 • Density 699.6/sq mi (270.1/km2)
  Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Barros is a barrio in the municipality of Orocovis, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,917.

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 Barros barrio:

Sector Limones, Sector Sanamuertos, Sector La Familia, Sector Monte Bello, Sector La Loma, Sector Los Hernández, Sector Camilo Meléndez, Sector Los Rivera, Sector Las Estancias, Sector La Vaquería, Sector Doña Lala, and Sector Enrique Pérez.

History

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 population of Barros barrio was 987.

Historical population
Census Pop.
1900 987
1980 1,591
1990 1,753 10.2%
2000 1,862 6.2%
2010 1,917 3.0%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930
1930-1950 1980-2000 2010

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Barros (Orocovis) para niños

  • List of communities in Puerto Rico
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