Palomas, Comerío, Puerto Rico facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Palomas
Barrio
Sector La Cascada in Palomas
Location of Palomas within the municipality of Comerío shown in red
Palomas, Comerío, Puerto Rico Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Comerío
Area
• Total	3.97 sq mi (10.3 km2)
• Land	3.96 sq mi (10.3 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation	1,742 ft (531 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	4,719
• Density	1,191.7/sq mi (460.1/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Palomas is a barrio in the municipality of Comerío, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,719.

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 Palomas:

Condominios Brisas de la Sierra, Egda. Golden Living, Las Bocas, Palomas Abajo, Parcelas Nuevas y Viejas, Parts of Carretera 780, Sector Caimito, Sector Calderón, Sector Capilla, Sector Concho, Sector El Guareto, Sector El Mangó, Sector Escuela, Sector La Prá, Sector Los Chuchitos, Sector Los Liberales, Sector Los Oyola, Sector Los Vidrios, Sector Manuel Espina, Sector Manuel Reyes, Sector Negrón (R-809), Sector Ortiz, Sector Padilla, Sector Quiles, Sector Rincón, Sector Romero, Sector Solís, Sector Zamora, Urbanización San Andrés, and Vuelta del Dos.

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 Palomas barrio was 1,091.

See also

In Spanish: Palomas (Comerío) para niños

• List of communities in Puerto Rico