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Cacao Bajo
Barrio
Location of Cacao Bajo within the municipality of Patillas shown in red
Location of Cacao Bajo within the municipality of Patillas shown in red
Cacao Bajo is located in Caribbean
Cacao Bajo
Cacao Bajo
Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth  Puerto Rico
Municipality Patillas
Area
 • Total 2.63 sq mi (6.8 km2)
 • Land 2.42 sq mi (6.3 km2)
 • Water 0.21 sq mi (0.5 km2)
Elevation
135 ft (41 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 1,437
 • Density 593.8/sq mi (229.3/km2)
  Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Cacao Bajo is a barrio in the municipality of Patillas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,437.

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 combined population of Quebrada Arriba and Cacao Bajo barrios was 928.

Historical population
Census Pop.
1910 598
1920 565 −5.5%
1930 405 −28.3%
1940 1,112 174.6%
1950 1,452 30.6%
1980 1,718
1990 1,906 10.9%
2000 1,425 −25.2%
2010 1,437 0.8%
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 Cacao Bajo barrio:

Carretera 3, Carretera 184, Carretera 755, Sector Ancones Sifón, Sector La Herradura, Sector Los Pompos, Sector Margote, Sector Obén, Sector Raja Larga, Sector Sabana, Sector Seboruco, Sector Túnel Sabana, Sector Yaurel Chiquito, Urbanización Estancias de Aurora, and Urbanización Las Violetas.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Cacao Bajo para niños

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