Naranjo, Comerío, Puerto Rico facts for kids

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Barrio
Location of Naranjo within the municipality of Comerío shown in red
Naranjo, Comerío, Puerto Rico Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Comerío
Area
• Total	4.03 sq mi (10.4 km2)
• Land	4.03 sq mi (10.4 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation	984 ft (300 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	1,915
• Density	475.2/sq mi (183.5/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Naranjo is a barrio in the municipality of Comerío, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,915.

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 Naranjo:

PR-156, PR-791, Comunidad Naranjo, Hogar Comerío Home Care, Parcelas El Verde, Parts of Puerto Rico Highway 172, Pueblo Viejo, Punta Brava, Sector El Punto, Sector El Verde I, Sector El Verde II, Sector Escuela, Sector La Virgencita, Sector Montañez, Sector Sabana, Urbanización Hacienda Campo Bello, and Urbanización Vista Verde.

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 Naranjo barrio was 815.

See also

In Spanish: Naranjo (Comerío) para niños

• List of communities in Puerto Rico