Sabana, Orocovis, Puerto Rico facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Sabana
Barrio
Location of Sabana within the municipality of Orocovis shown in red
Sabana, Orocovis, Puerto Rico Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Orocovis
Area
• Total	1.99 sq mi (5.2 km2)
• Land	1.99 sq mi (5.2 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation	2,612 ft (796 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	976
• Density	490.5/sq mi (189.4/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Sabana is a barrio in the municipality of Orocovis, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 976.

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 Sabana barrio:

Sector La Vega, Sector Los Meléndez, Sector Los Padilla, Sector Los Mateo, Sector Los Figueroa, Sector Sabana Arriba, Sector Los Negrón, Sector La Pista, Sector Los Cintrón, Sector El Arbol Taíno, Sector Chu Vázquez, Sector La Planta de Gas, Sector La Sector Cuesta, Cruce de Mayo, and Sector Los Rosado.

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 Sabana and Mata de Cañas barrios was 1,089.

See also

In Spanish: Sabana (Orocovis) para niños

• List of communities in Puerto Rico