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Mamey
Barrio
Welcome to Patillas sign in Mamey
Welcome to Patillas sign in Mamey
Location of Mamey within the municipality of Patillas shown in red
Location of Mamey within the municipality of Patillas shown in red
Mamey, Patillas, Puerto Rico is located in Caribbean
Mamey, Patillas, Puerto Rico
Mamey, Patillas, Puerto Rico
Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth  Puerto Rico
Municipality Patillas
Area
 • Total 1.34 sq mi (3.5 km2)
 • Land 1.34 sq mi (3.5 km2)
 • Water 0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
538 ft (164 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 1,380
 • Density 1,029.9/sq mi (397.6/km2)
  Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Mamey is a barrio in the municipality of Patillas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,380.

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 Mamey and Apeadero barrios was 1,249.

Historical population
Census Pop.
1910 810
1920 1,013 25.1%
1930 757 −25.3%
1940 949 25.4%
1950 850 −10.4%
1980 1,798
1990 2,539 41.2%
2000 2,533 −0.2%
2010 1,380 −45.5%
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 Mamey barrio:

Carretera 757, Condominios Buenos Aires, Égida Del Bosque, Sector La Cuchilla, Sector Limones, Sector Loma del Viento, Sector Río Chico, Sector Santo Domingo, Sector Vietnam, Urbanización Valle Verde, Urbanización Villa Esperanza, and Urbanización Villas de Jerusalén.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Mamey (Patillas) para niños

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