Gato, Orocovis, Puerto Rico

Gato
Barrio
Houses on a mountainside in Gato
Location of Gato within the municipality of Orocovis shown in red
Gato Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°15′39″N66°23′23″W / 18.260695°N 66.389818°W / 18.260695; -66.389818 [1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Orocovis
Area [1]
• Total	3.91 sq mi (10.1 km2)
• Land	3.91 sq mi (10.1 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation [2]	2,005 ft (611 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	2,072
• Density	529.9/sq mi (204.6/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Gato is a barrio in the municipality of Orocovis, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,072. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Sectors

Further information: List of barrios and sectors of Orocovis, Puerto Rico

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) ^[6] 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. ^{[7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

The following sectors are in Gato barrio: ^[12]

Sector Bajuras, Sector Bolívar Pagán, Sector Doña Ofelia (El Radar), Sector El Campesino, Sector El Naranjo, Sector El Soldadito, Sector El Zapato, Sector Gato I, Sector Gato II, Sector La Capilla, Sector La Loma, Sector Lile Fortis, and Sector Los López.

History

Gato was in Spain's gazetteers ^[13] 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 Gato barrio was 876. ^[14]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	876		—
1910	786		−10.3%
1920	714		−9.2%
1930	541		−24.2%
1940	902		66.7%
1950	954		5.8%
1960	905		−5.1%
1970	817		−9.7%
1980	1,162		42.2%
1990	1,746		50.3%
2000	2,075		18.8%
2010	2,072		−0.1%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) [15] 1910–1930 [16] 1930–1950 [17] 1980–2000 [18] 2010 [19]

Gallery

• 
  View of Barrio Gato from a lookout on PR-155
• 
  View of La Cordillera Central behind Gato

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: Gato barrio
3. Picó, Rafael; Buitrago de Santiago, Zayda; Berrios, Hector H. (1969). 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. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
7. Mari Mut, José A. (28 August 2013). "Los pueblos de Puerto Rico y las iglesias de sus plazas" (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 June 2020– via archive.org.
8. "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
9. Rivera Quintero, Marcia (2014), El vuelo de la esperanza : Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 (Primera edición ed.), San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón, ISBN   978-0-9820806-1-0
10. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
11. "Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico" (in Spanish). 8 August 2011. Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
12. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL Orocovis 066" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). Junta de Planificación - Gobierno de Puerto Rico. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
13. "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.
14. 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.  165.
15. "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.
16. "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.
17. "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.
18. "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.
19. 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.