Cacaos facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Cacaos
Barrio
Location of Cacaos within the municipality of Orocovis shown in red
Cacaos Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Orocovis
Area
• Total	4.35 sq mi (11.3 km2)
• Land	4.35 sq mi (11.3 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation	1,394 ft (425 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	878
• Density	201.8/sq mi (77.9/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Cacaos is a barrio in the municipality of Orocovis, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 878.

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 Cacaos barrio:

Sector Cacaos, Sector Hacienda, Sector Cacaos Alturita, Sector Cacaos Centro, and Sector Parcelas Sapia.

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 Cacaos and Collores barrios was 1,588.

See also

In Spanish: Cacaos para niños

• List of communities in Puerto Rico