Algarrobo, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico

Algarrobo
Barrio
Rock wall in Algarrobo
Location of Algarrobo within the municipality of Vega Baja shown in red
Algarrobo Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°27′14″N66°25′38″W / 18.453997°N 66.427358°W / 18.453997; -66.427358 [1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Vega Baja
Area [1]
• Total	5.70 sq mi (14.8 km2)
• Land	5.43 sq mi (14.1 km2)
• Water	0.27 sq mi (0.7 km2)
Elevation [2]	66 ft (20 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	15,764
• Density	2,892.5/sq mi (1,116.8/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Algarrobo is a barrio in the municipality of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 15,764. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

History

Algarrobo 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 finding that the population of Algarrobo barrio was 877. ^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	877		—
1940	1,962		—
1950	3,833		95.4%
1960	4,753		24.0%
1980	11,037		—
1990	13,757		24.6%
2000	16,562		20.4%
2010	15,764		−4.8%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) [8] 1910-1930 [9] 1930-1950 [10] 1960 [11] 1980-2000 [12] 2010 [13]

Sectors and features

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) ^[14] 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. ^{[15] [16] [17]}

The following sectors are in Algarrobo barrio: Comunidad Colombo, Quintas de Tortuguero, Estancias de Tortuguero, and Vega Baja Lakes.

Part of the Laguna Tortuguero is located in Algarrobo. ^[18]

Gallery

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  Comunidad Colombo
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  Puerto Rico Highway 671 in Algarrobo
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  Puerto Rico Highway 687 in Algarrobo
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  Puerto Rico Highway 6671 in Algarrobo

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Algarrobo 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. Census of Population, 1960: Number of Inhabitants, General Population Characteristics, General Social and Economic Characteristics, and Detailed Characteristics. Characteristics of the population. U.S. Bureau of the Census. 1963. pp. 97–101. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
12. "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.
13. 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.
14. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
15. "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
16. 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
17. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
18. "P.L. 94-171 VTD/SLD REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Vega Baja Municipio, PR" (PDF). US Census. Washington, DC. 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2022.