Guerrero, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico facts for kids
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Guerrero
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Lago Guerrero
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 Guerrero, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Location in Caribbean
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| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Aguadilla |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.25 sq mi (5.8 km2) |
| • Land | 2.23 sq mi (5.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2) |
| Elevation | 348 ft (106 m) |
| Population
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| • Total | 3,406 |
| • Density | 1,527.4/sq mi (589.7/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Guerrero is a rural barrio in the municipality of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,406. In Guerrero barrio is Rafael Hernández, a comunidad.
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 Guerrero barrio was 638.
Features
The Guerrero Correctional Institution, one of the largest men's prisons in Puerto Rico, is located in Guerrero.
Lago Guerrero (Guerrero Lake) is a 32,000-square-meter reservoir located in Guerrero. Built in the 1930s, it is fed by the Guajataca Lake.
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1900 | 638 | — | |
| 1950 | 2,026 | — | |
| 1980 | 1,822 | — | |
| 1990 | 2,454 | 34.7% | |
| 2000 | 3,366 | 37.2% | |
| 2010 | 3,406 | 1.2% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930 1930-1950 1980-2000 2010 |
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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 Guerrero barrio:
Comunidad Rafael Hernández, Reparto La Ceiba, Sector La Paloma, Sector Muñiz, and Urbanización Jardines Guerrero.
See also
In Spanish: Guerrero (Aguadilla) para niños
- List of communities in Puerto Rico
- List of barrios and sectors of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
