Hato Puerco Abajo facts for kids
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Hato Puerco Abajo
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Barrio
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Puerto Rico Highway 150 in Hato Puerco Abajo
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Location of Hato Puerco Abajo within the municipality of Villalba shown in red
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 Hato Puerco Abajo
Location in Caribbean
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| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Villalba |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.03 sq mi (7.8 km2) |
| • Land | 2.32 sq mi (6.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0.71 sq mi (1.8 km2) |
| Elevation | 538 ft (164 m) |
| Population
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| • Total | 1,764 |
| • Density | 760.3/sq mi (293.6/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Hato Puerco is a barrio in the municipality of Villalba, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,764.
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 Hato Puerco Abajo barrio was 991.
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1900 | 991 | — | |
| 1910 | 965 | −2.6% | |
| 1920 | 873 | −9.5% | |
| 1930 | 773 | −11.5% | |
| 1940 | 949 | 22.8% | |
| 1950 | 901 | −5.1% | |
| 1980 | 934 | — | |
| 1990 | 1,438 | 54.0% | |
| 2000 | 1,911 | 32.9% | |
| 2010 | 1,764 | −7.7% | |
| 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 Hato Puerco Abajo barrio:
Camarones Abajo, El Lago, Jovitos Sur, La Ferretería, La Gallera, Sector Hatillo Viejo, and Urbanización Estancias de Santa Rosa.
See also
In Spanish: Hato Puerco Abajo para niños
- List of communities in Puerto Rico
- List of barrios and sectors of Villalba, Puerto Rico
