Naranjales, Las Marías, Puerto Rico facts for kids

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Barrio
Location of Naranjales within the municipality of Las Marías shown in red
Naranjales, Las Marías, Puerto Rico Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Las Marías
Area
• Total	3.49 sq mi (9.0 km2)
• Land	3.49 sq mi (9.0 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation	1,499 ft (457 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	558
• Density	159.9/sq mi (61.7/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Naranjales (Naranjales barrio) is a barrio in the municipality of Las Marías, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 558.

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 Naranjales and Furnias barrios was 1,255.

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 Naranjales barrio:

Comunidad La Isabel, Parcelas Alto Nieva, Parcelas Plato Indio, Sector Alto Manzano, Sector Alto Nieva, Sector Consumo, Sector Herrería, Sector La Cochera, Sector La Josefa, Sector La Loma de los Vientos, Sector La Trapa, Sector Merle, Sector Retiro, and Tramo Carretera 106.

See also

In Spanish: Naranjales (Las Marías) para niños

• List of communities in Puerto Rico
• List of barrios and sectors of Las Marías, Puerto Rico