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Caonillas Abajo
Barrio
Lago Toa Vaca
Lago Toa Vaca
Location of Caonillas Abajo within the municipality of Villalba shown in red
Location of Caonillas Abajo within the municipality of Villalba shown in red
Caonillas Abajo, Villalba, Puerto Rico is located in Caribbean
Caonillas Abajo, Villalba, Puerto Rico
Caonillas Abajo, Villalba, Puerto Rico
Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth  Puerto Rico
Municipality Villalba
Area
 • Total 6.36 sq mi (16.5 km2)
 • Land 5.93 sq mi (15.4 km2)
 • Water 0.43 sq mi (1.1 km2)
Elevation
663 ft (202 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 1,448
 • Density 244.6/sq mi (94.4/km2)
  Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Caonillas Abajo is a barrio in the municipality of Villalba, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1448.

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 population of Caonillas Abajo barrio was 1,558.

Historical population
Census Pop.
1900 1,558
1910 1,800 15.5%
1920 1,816 0.9%
1930 1,151 −36.6%
1940 1,235 7.3%
1950 917 −25.7%
1980 1,056
1990 967 −8.4%
2000 1,427 47.6%
2010 1,448 1.5%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930
1930-1950 1980-2000 2010

Sectors

Barrios (which are 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 Caonillas Abajo barrio:

Carretera 150, Hoyito Santiago, Sector Cerro Gordo, (Cubones Sur, Los Chivos, La Escuela, La Línea, Los Velázquez, El Hoyito Pérez, El Negocio Toño, La Capilla) Sector El Higuero (El Rincón, Lajitas, Villalba, Los Fondos, Palmasola, La Escuela, Las Minas, La Cruz, La Capilla), and Sector La Vega, (Los Laboy, Los Cruz, Caonillas Final).

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See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Caonillas Abajo (Villalba) para niños

  • List of communities in Puerto Rico
  • List of barrios and sectors of Villalba, Puerto Rico
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