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Hato
Barrio
Location of Hato within the municipality of San Lorenzo shown in red
Location of Hato within the municipality of San Lorenzo shown in red
Hato, San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico is located in Caribbean
Hato, San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico
Hato, San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico
Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth  Puerto Rico
Municipality San Lorenzo
Area
 • Total 3.00 sq mi (7.8 km2)
 • Land 2.98 sq mi (7.7 km2)
 • Water 0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)
Elevation
699 ft (213 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 6,945
 • Density 2,330.5/sq mi (899.8/km2)
  Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Hato is a barrio in the municipality of San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 6,945.

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 Hato barrio was 1,028.

Historical population
Census Pop.
1900 1,028
1980 3,971
1990 6,500 63.7%
2000 7,109 9.4%
2010 6,945 −2.3%
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 Hato barrio:

Apartamentos Urbanización Valentina, Camino Cholo Serrano, Camino Esperanza Ramos, Camino Julio Delgado, Camino Los Claudio, Extensión Tamarindos, Haciendas de San Lorenzo, Parcelas Hato, Residencial Lorenzana, Sector Buxó, Sector Cáez, Sector Capilla, Sector Carfeli, Sector Cuchilla, Sector Federico Delgado, Sector Hernández, Sector La Loma, Sector Los Adorno , Sector Montañez, Sector Muñoz, Sector Neris, Sector Oquendo, Sector Rosa, Sector Sánchez , Sector Santiago, Sector Solares Monzón, Sector Zavala, Tramo Carretera 183, Urbanización Aponte y Sellés, Urbanización Camino de las Flores, Urbanización Carfeli, Urbanización El Parque (Santa Clara), Urbanización Estancias de San Lorenzo (Avenida Mariano Olalla), Urbanización Los Caminos, Urbanización Muñoz Marín, Urbanización Portal del Sol, Urbanización Ramos Antonini, Urbanización San Lorenzo, Urbanización San Lorenzo Valley, Urbanización Tamarindos, Urbanización Villas del Hato, Urbanización Vistas de San Lorenzo, and Urbanización y Extensión Roosevelt.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Hato (San Lorenzo) para niños

  • List of communities in Puerto Rico
  • List of barrios and sectors of San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico
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