Pellejas, Orocovis, Puerto Rico facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Pellejas
Barrio
Bauta River between Pellejas and Damián Abajo barrios
Location of Pellejas within the municipality of Orocovis shown in red
Pellejas, Orocovis, Puerto Rico Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Orocovis
Area
• Total	3.53 sq mi (9.1 km2)
• Land	3.53 sq mi (9.1 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation	2,579 ft (786 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	577
• Density	163.5/sq mi (63.1/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Pellejas is a barrio in the municipality of Orocovis, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 577.

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.

There are no sectors in Pellejas barrio.:

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 Bauta Arriba and Pellejas barrios was 1,331.

See also

In Spanish: Pellejas (Orocovis) para niños

• List of communities in Puerto Rico