Hato Puerco Abajo

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Hato Puerco Abajo
Barrio
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Puerto Rico Highway 150 in Hato Puerco Abajo
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Location of Hato Puerco Abajo within the municipality of Villalba shown in red
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Hato Puerco Abajo
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°05′55″N66°29′06″W / 18.098627°N 66.485122°W / 18.098627; -66.485122 [1]
Commonwealth Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Municipality Flag of Villalba.svg Villalba
Area
[1]
  Total3.03 sq mi (7.8 km2)
  Land2.32 sq mi (6.0 km2)
  Water0.71 sq mi (1.8 km2)
Elevation
[2]
538 ft (164 m)
Population
 (2010)
  Total1,764
  Density760.3/sq mi (293.6/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Hato Puerco is a barrio in the municipality of Villalba, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,764. [3] [4] [5]

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History

Hato Puerco Abajo 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 Hato Puerco Abajo barrio was 991. [7]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1900 991
1910 965−2.6%
1920 873−9.5%
1930 773−11.5%
1940 94922.8%
1950 901−5.1%
1960 800−11.2%
1970 1,13541.9%
1980 934−17.7%
1990 1,43854.0%
2000 1,91132.9%
2010 1,764−7.7%
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 Hato Puerco Abajo barrio: [17]

Camarones Abajo, El Lago, Jovitos Sur, La Ferretería, La Gallera, Sector Hatillo Viejo, and Urbanización Estancias de Santa Rosa.

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