Dos Bocas, Corozal, Puerto Rico

Dos Bocas
Barrio
Río de los Negros in Dos Bocas
Location of Dos Bocas within the municipality of Corozal shown in red
Dos Bocas Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°19′10″N66°19′12″W / 18.319505°N 66.32007°W / 18.319505; -66.32007 [1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Corozal
Area [1]
• Total	4.06 sq mi (10.5 km2)
• Land	4.06 sq mi (10.5 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation [2]	512 ft (156 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	3,060
• Density	753.7/sq mi (291.0/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Dos Bocas is a rural barrio with an urban zone in the municipality of Corozal, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,060. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

History

Dos Bocas 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 Dos Bocas barrio was 909. ^[7]

Features and demographics

Dos Bocas has 4.06 square miles (10.5 km²) of land area and no water area. In 2010, its population was 3,060 with a population density of 753.7 inhabitants per square mile (291.0/km²).

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	909		—
1910	1,005		10.6%
1920	1,124		11.8%
1930	1,275		13.4%
1940	1,447		13.5%
1950	1,890		30.6%
1960	1,686		−10.8%
1970	0		−100.0%
1980	2,172		—
1990	2,640		21.5%
2000	2,760		4.5%
2010	3,060		10.9%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) [8] 1910-1930 [9] 1930-1950 [10] 1980-2000 [11] 2010 [12]

PR-807 is the main north-south road through Dos Bocas. ^[13]

Sectors

Barrios (which are like 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 Dos Bocas barrio: ^[18]

Calle Leoncito Ortiz, Parcelas Ortiz, Sector Ángel Vázquez, Sector Benjamín González, Sector Bernardo Padilla, Sector Caldero, Sector Carmelo Ortiz (Los Batatos), Sector Carretera (from Dos Bocas entrance to Sector Mingo Díaz), Sector Daniel Negrón, Sector El Faro, Sector El Quinto, Sector El Típico, Sector Honduras, Sector Julio Vázquez, Sector La Mina, Sector La Santa, Sector Leoncito Ortíz, Sector Los García, Sector Los Maldonado, Sector Los Marrero, Sector Los Miranda, Sector Mingo Díaz, Sector Moncho Santos, Sector Neco Chévere, Sector Sioso Virella, Urbanización Loma Linda, and Urbanización San Francisco.

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

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

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dos Bocas 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.  161.
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. "P.L. 94-171 VTD/SLD Reference Map 001 (2010 Census): Corozal Municipio, PR" (PDF). www2.census.gov. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
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. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL COROZAL 072" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 21 September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.

External links

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dos Bocas barrio