Hato Puerco Arriba facts for kids
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Hato Puerco Arriba
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Barrio
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View from Mirador Orocovis-Villalba
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Location of Hato Puerco Arriba within the municipality of Villalba shown in red
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 Hato Puerco Arriba
Location in Caribbean
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| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Villalba |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.16 sq mi (13.4 km2) |
| • Land | 5.16 sq mi (13.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 584 ft (178 m) |
| Population
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| • Total | 7,728 |
| • Density | 1,497.7/sq mi (578.3/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 7,728.
Features
The Mirador Orocovis-Villalba (Orocovis-Villalba Lookout) is in Hato Puerto Arriba and offers views of the Cordillera Central.
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 Arriba barrio was 1,496.
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1900 | 1,496 | — | |
| 1910 | 1,458 | −2.5% | |
| 1920 | 1,499 | 2.8% | |
| 1930 | 1,445 | −3.6% | |
| 1940 | 1,647 | 14.0% | |
| 1950 | 2,328 | 41.3% | |
| 1980 | 6,980 | — | |
| 1990 | 7,967 | 14.1% | |
| 2000 | 8,922 | 12.0% | |
| 2010 | 7,728 | −13.4% | |
| 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 Arriba barrio:
1ra. Extensión Alturas de Villalba, 2da. Extensión Alturas de Villalba, Carretera 150, Carretera 151 Intersección 550, Carretera 151, Carretera 560, Carretera 561, Comunidad Toa Vaca (Parcelas, El Punto, La Escuela), Egida Villalba Elderly Apartments, Jovitos, Sector Apeaderos, (El Puente, El Peñón, La Zarza, Carretera 151 Intersección 562), Sector Camarones (Los Robles, El Junco, La Loma, Cañita, La Escuela, La Ceiba, Camarones Arriba, Jovitos Arriba), Sector El Nuevo Pino (El Pino, Las Casetas, El Parque, La Escuela, Calle Vieja, Parcelas Céspedes, Carretera 151), Sector Los Pinos, Urbanización La Vega, Urbanización Monte Bello, and Urbanización Portales del Alba.
See also
In Spanish: Hato Puerco Arriba para niños
- List of communities in Puerto Rico
- List of barrios and sectors of Villalba, Puerto Rico
