Guajataca, Quebradillas, Puerto Rico

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Guajataca
Barrio
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Recreation area in Guajataca
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Location of Guajataca within the municipality of Quebradillas shown in red
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Guajataca
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°23′25″N66°54′34″W / 18.390305°N 66.909525°W / 18.390305; -66.909525 [1]
Commonwealth Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Municipality Flag of Quebradillas.svg Quebradillas
Area
[1]
  Total3.28 sq mi (8.5 km2)
  Land2.89 sq mi (7.5 km2)
  Water0.39 sq mi (1.0 km2)
Elevation
[2]
863 ft (263 m)
Population
 (2010)
  Total1,611
  Density559.4/sq mi (216.0/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Guajataca is a barrio in the municipality of Quebradillas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,611. [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1900 666
1910 7025.4%
1920 95235.6%
1930 1,09515.0%
1940 1,1646.3%
1950 1,39319.7%
1960 1,4383.2%
1970 1,372−4.6%
1980 1,4576.2%
1990 1,429−1.9%
2000 1,62213.5%
2010 1,611−0.7%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900) [6] 1910-1930 [7]
1930-1950 [8] 1980-2000 [9] 2010 [10]

History

Guajataca was in Spain's gazetteers [11] 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 Guajataca barrio was 666. [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] [17] [18]

The following sectors are in Guajataca barrio: [19]

Carretera 119, Carretera 453, Sector Charcas, Sector Cico Hernández, Sector Julio Nieves, Sector Las Palmas, Sector Los Jaca, Sector Los Méndez, Sector Los Vargas, Sector Los Vélez, Sector Man Rodríguez, Sector Margarita, Sector Medina, Sector Potracio Nieves, Sector Pozada de Amor, Sector Riego, and Sector Román.

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