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Guanajibo
Barrio
Location of Guanajibo within the municipality of Hormigueros shown in red
Location of Guanajibo within the municipality of Hormigueros shown in red
Guanajibo, Hormigueros, Puerto Rico is located in Caribbean
Guanajibo, Hormigueros, Puerto Rico
Guanajibo, Hormigueros, Puerto Rico
Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth  Puerto Rico
Municipality Hormigueros
Area
 • Total 2.33 sq mi (6.0 km2)
 • Land 2.33 sq mi (6.0 km2)
 • Water 0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
151 ft (46 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 5,959
 • Density 2,557.5/sq mi (987.5/km2)
  Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)
ZIP Code
00660

Guanajibo is a barrio in the municipality of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 5,959.

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 Guanajibo and Pueblo barrios was 1,203.

Historical population
Census Pop.
1910 896
1920 1,004 12.1%
1930 1,050 4.6%
1940 1,329 26.6%
1950 1,729 30.1%
1980 6,103
1990 6,244 2.3%
2000 6,437 3.1%
2010 5,959 −7.4%
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 Guanajibo barrio:

Calle La Ceiba, Camino Cachito, Camino Fian Toro, Camino Justo Colón, Camino Los Barbosa, Carretera 343 (until km 2.3), Égida Presbiteriana del Ángel, Hogar Eterno Paraíso de Amor, Hogar San José, Parcelas San Romualdo, Reparto Santa Ana, Sector Higinia Vázquez, Sector Hoya Grande, Sector Las Plumas, Sector Los Quiles, Sector Los Santana (both sides), Sector Punto Cubano, Urbanización Buenaventura, Urbanización Paseo Loma Linda, Urbanización Monte Bello, Urbanización Valle Hermoso, and Urbanización Villa Zoraida.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Guanajibo (Hormigueros) para niños

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