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Jagüitas
Barrio
Location of Jagüitas within the municipality of Hormigueros shown in red
Location of Jagüitas within the municipality of Hormigueros shown in red
Jagüitas is located in Caribbean
Jagüitas
Jagüitas
Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth  Puerto Rico
Municipality Hormigueros
Area
 • Total 1.42 sq mi (3.7 km2)
 • Land 1.42 sq mi (3.7 km2)
 • Water 0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
230 ft (70 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 1,384
 • Density 974.6/sq mi (376.3/km2)
  Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)
ZIP Code
00660

Jagüitas is a barrio in the municipality of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,384.

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 Jagüitas and Hormigueros barrios was 965.

Historical population
Census Pop.
1910 649
1920 787 21.3%
1930 729 −7.4%
1940 735 0.8%
1950 797 8.4%
1980 1,293
1990 1,517 17.3%
2000 1,658 9.3%
2010 1,384 −16.5%
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 Jagüitas barrio:

Camino Francisco Cruz, Camino Julio Minguela, Reparto Vista Hermosa, Sector Bracero (from km 2.4 of Carretera 344 onwards), Sector Cuchilla, Sector El Caracol, Sector Fondo del Saco, Sector Los Ayala, Sector Plan Bonito, Sector Quintana, and Urbanización Paseo Los Peregrinos.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Jagüitas para niños

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