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Cuyón
Barrio
Location of Cuyón within the municipality of Aibonito shown in red
Location of Cuyón within the municipality of Aibonito shown in red
Cuyón, Aibonito, Puerto Rico is located in Caribbean
Cuyón, Aibonito, Puerto Rico
Cuyón, Aibonito, Puerto Rico
Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth  Puerto Rico
Municipality Aibonito
Area
 • Total 4.10 sq mi (10.6 km2)
 • Land 4.10 sq mi (10.6 km2)
 • Water 0.00 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
1,860 ft (570 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 977
 • Density 238.3/sq mi (92.0/km2)
  Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Cuyón is a barrio in the municipality of Aibonito, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 977.

The Cuyón River runs through this barrio and through Coamo.

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 Cuyón barrio was 1,027.

Historical population
Census Pop.
1900 1,027
1910 1,083 5.5%
1920 1,591 46.9%
1930 1,650 3.7%
1940 1,465 −11.2%
1950 1,569 7.1%
1980 752
1990 681 −9.4%
2000 873 28.2%
2010 977 11.9%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930
1930-1950 1980-2000 2010

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 Cuyón barrio:

Carretera 162, Carretera 716, Cuyón I y II, Sector Boquerón, Sector El Fresar, Sector Gallardo Abajo, Sector Jagüeyes, Sector Ratones, Sector Rincón, and Sector Vertero.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Cuyón (Aibonito) para niños

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