Villalba Arriba

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Villalba Arriba
Barrio
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Villalba Arriba
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°08′24″N66°30′24″W / 18.139882°N 66.506616°W / 18.139882; -66.506616 [1]
Commonwealth Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Municipality Flag of Villalba.svg Villalba
Area
[1]
  Total6.81 sq mi (17.6 km2)
  Land6.81 sq mi (17.6 km2)
  Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
[2]
1,539 ft (469 m)
Population
 (2010)
  Total5,938
  Density872/sq mi (337/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Villalba Arriba is a barrio in the municipality of Villalba, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 5,938. [3] [4] [5]

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History

Villalba Arriba 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 Villalba Arriba barrio was 2,917. [7]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1900 2,917
1910 2,665−8.6%
1920 2,547−4.4%
1930 3,72846.4%
1940 3,299−11.5%
1950 3,73313.2%
1960 3,8894.2%
1980 3,708
1990 5,79256.2%
2000 6,55213.1%
2010 5,938−9.4%
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 Villalba Abrriba barrio: [17]

Carretera 149, Carretera 547, Sector Aceituna, Sector Chichón, Sector El Cercao, Sector Hacienda El Semil Arriba, Sector La Capilla, Sector Lajita, Sector Palmarejo (al norte del pueblo, El Semil Arriba, Las Trozas, La Julita, Cuesta El Pasto, Guindalecia, El Collado, El Hoyo, El Cruce, El Parque, La Escuela, La Gallera, La Lima, Divisoria, La Loma, La Planta), and Urbanización Alturas del Alba.

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References

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