Orocovis, Orocovis, Puerto Rico facts for kids

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Barrio
Location of Orocovis within the municipality of Orocovis shown in red
Orocovis, Orocovis, Puerto Rico Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Orocovis
Area
• Total	2.96 sq mi (7.7 km2)
• Land	2.96 sq mi (7.7 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation	2,037 ft (621 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	3,658
• Density	1,235.8/sq mi (477.1/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Orocovis is a barrio in the municipality of Orocovis, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,658.

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 Orocovis barrio:

Sector Las Marianas, Sector El Pueblito, Las Fábricas, Alturas de Orocovis, El Puente, Sector El Cementerio, La Vega, Sector La Sombra, Sector A.F.D.A., Sector Villas de Orocovis, Sector Salida a Barranquitas, Sector Salida a Coamo, Sector Salida a Corozal, Salida a Morovis, Urbanización Villa Cooperativa, Sector Monte Bello, Sector El Flamboyán, Sector Celso Bonilla, Sector Los Dardanelos, Sector Doña Celerina, Sector Tony Montes, Residencial Orocovix, Sector Ricos Place, Olmo Rodríguez, Sector La Pizzería, Sector Cruz Aponte, Sector Emilio Rivas, Sector Julio Aponte, Sector La Fraternidad, Sector Colinas Del Pueblo, Urbanización Sta. Teresita, and Sector Cruce de Mayo.

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 Ala de la Piedra and Orocovis barrios was 1,403.

See also

In Spanish: Orocovis (Orocovis) para niños

• List of communities in Puerto Rico