Higuillar Facts for Kids

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Barrio
Puerto Rico Highway 693 in Higuillar
Location of Higuillar within the municipality of Dorado shown in red
Higuillar Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Dorado
Area
• Total	12.98 sq mi (33.6 km²)
• Land	11.80 sq mi (30.6 km²)
• Water	1.18 sq mi (3.1 km²)
Elevation	23 ft (7 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	25,785
• Density	2,188.9/sq mi (845.1/km²)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
ZIP Code	00646

Higuillar is a barrio in the municipality of Dorado, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 25,785.

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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 Higuillar barrio was 820.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1900	820	—
1910	1,166	42.2%
1920	1,375	17.9%
1930	1,572	14.3%
1940	2,604	65.6%
1950	3,814	46.5%
1980	16,102	—
1990	20,117	24.9%
2000	22,481	11.8%
2010	25,785	14.7%
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 Higuillar barrio:

Apartamentos Brisas del Mar, Apartamentos Camino Dorado, Apartamentos Plantation Village Apartment 1, Apartamentos Plantation Village Apartment 2, Apartamentos Plantation Village Apartment 3, Apartamentos Villas de Costa Mar, Comunidad Mameyal, Condominio Costa Dorada, Condominio Fairway Village Apartments, Condominio Ocean Villas, Condominio Villa de Playa I y II, Condominio Villas de Dorado, Condominio Villas de Golf Este, Condominio Villas de Golf Oeste, Hogar Costa de Oro Village, PR-695, Reparto San Carlos, Sector Aldea, Sector Arenal, Sector Costa de Oro, Sector Cuatro Calles, Sector Hormigas, Sector La Poza, Sector La Prá, Sector Los Puertos, Sector Marismilla, Sector Monte Lindo, Sector San Antonio, Sector Santa Bárbara, Sector Sardinera, Sector Villa 2000, Sector Villa Palmas, Sector Villa Plata, Sector Villa Santa, Urbanización Brighton Country Club, Urbanización Dorado Beach Cottages, Urbanización Dorado Beach East, Urbanización Dorado Beach Estate, Urbanización Dorado Beach, Urbanización Dorado Country Estate, Urbanización Dorado Del Mar, Urbanización Dorado Reef, Urbanización Doraville, Urbanización Gable Breeze, Urbanización Hacienda Mi Querido Viejo, Urbanización Jardín Dorado, Urbanización Los Prados de Dorado Norte y Sur, Urbanización Monte Elena, Urbanización Paisajes de Dorado, Urbanización Paseo de Dorado, Urbanización Paseo del Mar, Urbanización Paseo del Sol, Urbanización Paseo Las Olas, Urbanización Paseo Las Palmas, Urbanización Paseo Los Corales, Urbanización Paseo Real, Urbanización Plantation Village, Urbanización Quintas de Dorado, Urbanización Ritz-Carlton Reserve East Beach, Urbanización Ritz-Carlton Reserve West Beach, Urbanización The Enclave, Urbanización The Greens, and Urbanización Villamar.

In Higuillar barrio is part of the Dorado urban zone. The San Antonio community is in Higuillar.