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Negros
Barrio
View from Negros
View from Negros
Location of Negros within the municipality of Corozal shown in red
Location of Negros within the municipality of Corozal shown in red
Negros, Corozal, Puerto Rico is located in Caribbean
Negros, Corozal, Puerto Rico
Negros, Corozal, Puerto Rico
Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth  Puerto Rico
Municipality Corozal
Area
 • Total 2.97 sq mi (7.7 km2)
 • Land 2.97 sq mi (7.7 km2)
 • Water 0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
1,588 ft (484 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 1,398
 • Density 470.7/sq mi (181.7/km2)
  Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Negros is a rural barrio in the municipality of Corozal, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,398.

History

Negros was in Spain's gazetteers until 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 Negros barrio was 818.

Features and demographics

Negros has 2.97 square miles (7.7 km2) of land area and no water area. In 2010, its population was 1,398 with a population density of 470.7 inhabitants per square mile (181.7/km2).

Historical population
Census Pop.
1900 818
1910 993 21.4%
1920 1,080 8.8%
1930 1,068 −1.1%
1940 1,297 21.4%
1950 1,117 −13.9%
1980 855
1990 1,001 17.1%
2000 1,239 23.8%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930
1930-1950 1980-2000 2010

PR-805 is the main east-west road through Negros.

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 Negros barrio:

Sector Acueducto, Sector África, Sector Carretera (from Amado Suárez to Iglesia Católica), Sector La Hacienda, Sector La Planá, Sector Lorencito Frau, Sector Los Gatos, Sector Los Pérez, Sector Los Quiñones, Sector Parcelas, Sector Pepín García, and Urbanización Los Hermanos.

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See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Negros (Corozal) para niños

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