Arrozal, Arecibo, Puerto Rico

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Arrozal
Barrio
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Arrozal
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°22′59″N66°38′46″W / 18.382954°N 66.646024°W / 18.382954; -66.646024 [1]
Commonwealth Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Municipality Bandera de Arecibo, Puerto Rico.svg Arecibo
Area
[1]
  Total9.47 sq mi (24.5 km2)
  Land9.46 sq mi (24.5 km2)
  Water0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation
[2]
709 ft (216 m)
Population
 (2010)
  Total1,445
  Density152.7/sq mi (59.0/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)
ZIP Code
00612

Arrozal is a barrio in the municipality of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,445. [3] [4] [5]

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History

Arrozal 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 Arrozal barrio was 1,662. [7]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1900 1,662
1910 1,488−10.5%
1920 1,87225.8%
1930 1,721−8.1%
1940 2,07420.5%
1950 1,472−29.0%
1960 1,5475.1%
1970 1,159−25.1%
1980 787−32.1%
1990 554−29.6%
2000 1,218119.9%
2010 1,44518.6%
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 Arrozal barrio: [17] [18]

Sector Las Cántaras, Sector Los Muertos, Sector Los Puertos, Sector Quebrada del Palo, Sector Varela, and Sector Zenón Rivera.

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References

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  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Arrozal barrio
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