Río Hondo, Comerío, Puerto Rico facts for kids
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Río Hondo
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Barrio
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Hondo River in Río Hondo barrio
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Location of Río Hondo within the municipality of Comerío shown in red
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 Río Hondo, Comerío, Puerto Rico
Location in Caribbean
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| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Comerío |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.25 sq mi (13.6 km2) |
| • Land | 5.22 sq mi (13.5 km2) |
| • Water | 0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,342 ft (409 m) |
| Population
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| • Total | 2,300 |
| • Density | 440.6/sq mi (170.1/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Río Hondo is a barrio in the municipality of Comerío, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2300.
Río Hondo, a river, is located in this barrio.
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 Río Hondo:
Carretera R774, Carretera R-776, Comerío Elderly, Sector Bordones, Sector El Llano, Sector El Tigre, Sector La Guitarra, Sector La Juncia, Sector La Loma, Sector La Paila, Sector La Puntilla, Sector Los Ocasio, Sector Los Ruiz, Sector Parcelas, Sector Quebrada Grande and Urbanización Sabana del Palmar.
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1900 | 1,161 | — | |
| 1910 | 1,736 | 49.5% | |
| 1920 | 2,057 | 18.5% | |
| 1930 | 2,299 | 11.8% | |
| 1940 | 2,432 | 5.8% | |
| 1950 | 2,074 | −14.7% | |
| 1980 | 1,317 | — | |
| 1990 | 1,639 | 24.4% | |
| 2000 | 1,857 | 13.3% | |
| 2010 | 2,300 | 23.9% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930 1930-1950 1980-2000 2010 |
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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 Río Hondo barrio was 1,161.
Gallery
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Puerto Rico Highway 776 in Río Hondo
See also
In Spanish: Río Hondo (Comerío) para niños
- List of communities in Puerto Rico
