Achiote, Naranjito, Puerto Rico

Achiote
Barrio
View from Achiote
Location of Achiote within the municipality of Naranjito shown in red
Achiote Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°18′54″N66°14′54″W / 18.315135°N 66.248283°W / 18.315135; -66.248283 [1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Naranjito
Area [1]
• Total	2.89 sq mi (7.5 km2)
• Land	2.80 sq mi (7.3 km2)
• Water	0.09 sq mi (0.2 km2)
Elevation [2]	781 ft (238 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	3,919
• Density	1,399.6/sq mi (540.4/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
Zip code	00719
Area code	787 or 939

Achiote is a barrio in the municipality of Naranjito, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,919. ^{[3] [4]}

Description

Achiote is in northcentral Naranjito. According to the 2010 Census, Achiote had a total area of 2.89 square miles (7.5 km²) including .09 square miles (0.23 km²) of water. Achiote has an elevation of 781 feet (238 m). In 2010, its population was 3,919. ^[5] Coleen Vázquez school (Escuela Coleen Vázquez Urrutia) is in Achiote.

History

Achiote was in Spain's gazetteers ^[6] until 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 in 1899 finding that the population of Achiote barrio was 1,094. ^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	1,094		—
1910	1,080		−1.3%
1920	1,284		18.9%
1930	1,802		40.3%
1940	2,014		11.8%
1950	2,170		7.7%
1960	2,577		18.8%
1970	0		−100.0%
1980	3,727		—
1990	4,005		7.5%
2000	4,310		7.6%
2010	3,919		−9.1%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) [8] 1910-1930 [9] 1930-1950 [10] 1980-2000 [11] 2010 [12]

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) ^[13] 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. ^{[14] [15] [16]}

The following sectors are in Achiote barrio: ^{[17] [18]}

Achiote Centro, Barriada La Aldea, Barriada La Colina, Camino Chago Vázquez, Camino Chilo Padilla, Comunidad Blas Vázquez, Comunidad Los Báez, Comunidad Neco Ortega, Comunidad Oscar Padilla, Comunidad Telésforo Torres, El Cuco, Fondo del Saco, Higuillales, La Galvana, Los Café, Los Nieves, Maravilla (Chícharo), Residencial Candelario Torres, Sector Achiote Adentro, Sector Desvío, Sector El Cementerio, Sector El Llano, Sector El Peñón, Sector Felipe Velásquez, Sector La Cantera, Sector La Cuesta de Cundo, Sector La Loma, Sector La Palma, Sector Los Chévere, Sector Monchito Martínez, Sector Tanita Morales, Sector Toñito Padilla, and Urbanización Jardines de Naranjito.

Notable people from Achiote

Aryam Díaz from Achiote was selected to represent Puerto Rico in the Miss World 2021 pageant. ^[19]

Gallery

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  Puerto Rico Highway 810 in Achiote
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  Puerto Rico Highway 825 in Achiote
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  Puerto Rico Highway 884 at Puerto Rico Highway 882 intersection in Achiote
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  Puerto Rico Highway 884 in Achiote

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico
• List of barrios and sectors of Naranjito, Puerto Rico

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Achiote barrio
3. Picó, Rafael; Buitrago de Santiago, Zayda; Berrios, Hector H. Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969.
4. Gwillim Law (20 May 2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 300. ISBN   978-1-4766-0447-3 . Retrieved 25 December 2018.
5. Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
6. "Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881". Biblioteca Nacional de España (in Spanish). p. 1614. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
7. Joseph Prentiss Sanger; Henry Gannett; Walter Francis Willcox (1900). Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office (in Spanish). Imprenta del gobierno. p.  162.
8. "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
9. "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
10. "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
11. "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
12. Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
13. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
14. "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
15. Rivera Quintero, Marcia (2014), El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 (first ed.), San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón, ISBN   978-0-9820806-1-0
16. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
17. "Plan Territorial (2012)" (PDF). JP PR Gov (in Spanish). Gobierno Municipal de Naranjito -Oficina de Planificación y Ordenación Territorial. p. 43. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
18. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL NARANJITO 073" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 26 September 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
19. "Aryam Díaz Rosado recibe homenaje en Naranjito". Primera Hora (in Spanish). May 15, 2021. Archived from the original on June 5, 2021. Retrieved October 15, 2021.