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Maizales
Barrio
An elevated walkway at Desiderio Mendez Rodríguez School in Maizalez
An elevated walkway at Desiderio Mendez Rodríguez School in Maizalez
Location of Maizales within the municipality of Naguabo shown in red
Location of Maizales within the municipality of Naguabo shown in red
Maizales is located in Caribbean
Maizales
Maizales
Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth  Puerto Rico
Municipality Naguabo
Area
 • Total 4.95 sq mi (12.8 km2)
 • Land 4.95 sq mi (12.8 km2)
 • Water 0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
161 ft (49 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 1,913
 • Density 386.5/sq mi (149.2/km2)
  Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Maizales is a barrio in the municipality of Naguabo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,913.

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 Maizales barrio was 1,060.

Historical population
Census Pop.
1900 1,060
1910 1,036 −2.3%
1920 1,269 22.5%
1930 1,627 28.2%
1940 1,576 −3.1%
1950 2,065 31.0%
1980 1,261
1990 1,739 37.9%
2000 2,120 21.9%
2010 1,913 −9.8%
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 Maizales barrio:

La Pitina, Loma del Viento, Parcelas La Fe, Parcelas Maizales, Rancho Grande, Sector Capiro, Sector Cecilia, Sector Colonia La Fe, Sector El Cabro, Sector Los Ramírez, Sector Ponderosa, Sector Rincón, and Urbanización Vista Verde.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Maizales (Naguabo) para niños

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