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Doña Elena
Barrio
Hills in Doña Elena
Hills in Doña Elena
Location of Doña Elena within the municipality of Comerío shown in red
Location of Doña Elena within the municipality of Comerío shown in red
Doña Elena, Comerío, Puerto Rico is located in Caribbean
Doña Elena, Comerío, Puerto Rico
Doña Elena, Comerío, Puerto Rico
Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth  Puerto Rico
Municipality Comerío
Area
 • Total 4.91 sq mi (12.7 km2)
 • Land 4.87 sq mi (12.6 km2)
 • Water 0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation
1,470 ft (450 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 3,252
 • Density 667.8/sq mi (257.8/km2)
  Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Doña Elena is a barrio in the municipality of Comerío, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,252.

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 Doña Elena:

Doña Elena Abajo, Parts of PR-Highway 780, Ramal 7780 and Ramal 8809, Sector Ayala, Sector Bermúdez, Sector El Salto, Sector Figueroa, Sector Iglesia, Sector La Cocora, Sector La Línea, Sector La Loma, Sector La Tosca (Carretera 815), Sector Los Martínez, Sector Los Perniles, Sector Los Pinos, Sector Media Luna, Sector Parcelas, Sector Puente Las Palomas, and Sector Villas de Doña Elena.

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 Doña Elena barrio was 1,460.

Historical population
Census Pop.
1900 1,460
1910 1,837 25.8%
1920 2,336 27.2%
1930 2,365 1.2%
1940 2,289 −3.2%
1950 1,498 −34.6%
1980 2,646
1990 2,759 4.3%
2000 2,966 7.5%
2010 3,252 9.6%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930
1930-1950 1980-2000 2010

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See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Doña Elena para niños

  • List of communities in Puerto Rico
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