Gato, Orocovis, Puerto Rico facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Gato
Barrio
Houses on a mountainside in Gato
Location of Gato within the municipality of Orocovis shown in red
Gato, Orocovis, Puerto Rico Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Orocovis
Area
• Total	3.91 sq mi (10.1 km2)
• Land	3.91 sq mi (10.1 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation	2,005 ft (611 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	2,072
• Density	529.9/sq mi (204.6/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Gato is a barrio in the municipality of Orocovis, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,072.

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 Gato barrio:

Sector Bajuras, Sector Gato I, Sector Gato II, Sector El Naranjo, Sector La Loma, Sector El Campesino, Sector Bolivar Pagán, Sector Lile Fortis, Sector Doña Ofelia, Sector Los López, Sector La Capilla, Sector La Sector Gallera, Sector El Soldadito, and Sector El Zapato.

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 Gato barrio was 876.

Gallery

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  View of Barrio Gato from a lookout on PR-155

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  View of La Cordillera Central behind Gato

See also

In Spanish: Gato (Orocovis) para niños

• List of communities in Puerto Rico