Aguacate, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico facts for kids
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Aguacate
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 Aguacate, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Location in Caribbean
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| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Aguadilla |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.65 sq mi (4.3 km2) |
| • Land | 1.48 sq mi (3.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0.17 sq mi (0.4 km2) |
| Elevation | 203 ft (62 m) |
| Population
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| • Total | 1,525 |
| • Density | 1,030.4/sq mi (397.8/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| ZIP Code |
00603
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Aguacate is a barrio in the municipality of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,525.
History
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 combined population of Aguacate barrio and Arenales was 991.
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1950 | 1,278 | — | |
| 1980 | 731 | — | |
| 1990 | 1,149 | 57.2% | |
| 2000 | 1,531 | 33.2% | |
| 2010 | 1,525 | −0.4% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930 1930-1950 1980-2000 2010 |
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Features
Aguacate has an elevation of 203 feet.
Sectors
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) 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.
The following sectors are in Aguacate barrio:
Reparto Los Robles, Reparto Roldán, Sector Calero, Sector Villa Min, Urbanización Nuevo San Antonio, Urbanización Quintas de San José, Urbanización Ramón Marín, Urbanización Villa Aurelia, Urbanización Villa del Paraíso, Urbanización Villa Jiménez, Urbanización Villa Montaña, Urbanización Villa Sotomayor, Urbanización Villas del Mar, and Villa Olga.
See also
In Spanish: Aguacate (Aguadilla) para niños
- List of communities in Puerto Rico
- List of barrios and sectors of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
