Damián Abajo facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Damián Abajo
Barrio
Bauta River between Damián Abajo and Pellejas barrios
Location of Damián Abajo within the municipality of Orocovis shown in red
Damián Abajo Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Orocovis
Area
• Total	2.7 sq mi (7 km2)
• Land	2.7 sq mi (7 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation	1,217 ft (371 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	754
• Density	279.3/sq mi (107.8/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Damián Abajo is a barrio in the municipality of Orocovis, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 754.

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 Damián Abajo barrio:

Sector Gregorio, Sector Culebras, Sector Román Díaz, Sector Meseta, Sector Los Muros, Sector Pedro Morales, Sector Vitín Medina, Sector El Puente, Sector El Granillín, Camilo Meléndez, Sector La Hacienda, Sector Palma Gorda, Sector El Verde, Sector Las Palmas, Sector La Luna, Sector Canta Sapo, Sector Area Recreativa, Sector La Escuela, Sector Taita, and Sector La Frontera.

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 Damián Abajo barrio was 922.

See also

In Spanish: Damián Abajo para niños

• List of communities in Puerto Rico