Piñales, Añasco, Puerto Rico facts for kids
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Piñales
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Location of Piñales within the municipality of Añasco shown in red
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 Piñales, Añasco, Puerto Rico
Location in Caribbean
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| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Añasco |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.54 sq mi (6.6 km2) |
| • Land | 2.54 sq mi (6.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Population
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| • Total | 2,875 |
| • Density | 1,131.9/sq mi (437.0/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Piñales is a barrio in the municipality of Añasco, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,875.
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 Piñales barrio was 1,038.
Piñales barrio became inaccessible when Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017 and caused landslides and destruction. Five months after the hurricane struck, engineers and officials were grappling with the massive amounts of repairs that were needed to PR-109 in Añasco and multiple other areas of this barrio and of Añasco, as a whole.
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1900 | 1,038 | — | |
| 1950 | 1,108 | — | |
| 1980 | 1,685 | — | |
| 1990 | 1,788 | 6.1% | |
| 2000 | 2,163 | 21.0% | |
| 2010 | 2,875 | 32.9% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930 1930-1950 1980-2000 2010 |
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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 Piñales barrio:
Piñales Tino Matías, Sector Cuesta Juan Vega, Sector Hacienda Libertad, Sector La Choza, Sector Piñales Abajo, Sector Piñales Arriba, Urbanización Mansiones de Añasco, Urbanización Paseo del Valle, and Urbanización Valle de Añasco.
See also
In Spanish: Piñales (Añasco) para niños
- List of communities in Puerto Rico
- List of barrios and sectors of Añasco, Puerto Rico
