Palmar, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico facts for kids
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Palmar
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 Palmar, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Location in Caribbean
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| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Aguadilla |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.97 sq mi (5.1 km2) |
| • Land | 1.96 sq mi (5.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
| Elevation | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Population
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| • Total | 1,743 |
| • Density | 889.3/sq mi (343.4/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Palmar is a rural barrio in the municipality of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,743.
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 Palmar barrio was 700.
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1900 | 700 | — | |
| 1950 | 1,461 | — | |
| 1980 | 1,693 | — | |
| 1990 | 1,928 | 13.9% | |
| 2000 | 2,136 | 10.8% | |
| 2010 | 1,743 | −18.4% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930 1930-1950 1980-2000 2010 |
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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 Palmar barrio:
Camino Bosque, Camino Cordero, Camino Ismael Torres, Camino Rivera, Comunidad Palmar, Reparto Sara, Sector Arocho, Sector Corea, Sector Fuentes, Sector Los Torres, Sector Polo Medina, Sector Viñet, and Urbanización Cortez.
See also
In Spanish: Palmar (Aguadilla) para niños
- List of communities in Puerto Rico
- List of barrios and sectors of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
