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Toro Negro
Barrio
Toro Negro in Ciales
Toro Negro in Ciales
Location of Toro Negro within the municipality of Ciales shown in red
Location of Toro Negro within the municipality of Ciales shown in red
Toro Negro, Ciales, Puerto Rico is located in Caribbean
Toro Negro, Ciales, Puerto Rico
Toro Negro, Ciales, Puerto Rico
Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth  Puerto Rico
Municipality Ciales
Area
 • Total 12.55 sq mi (32.5 km2)
 • Land 12.52 sq mi (32.4 km2)
 • Water 0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2)
Elevation
1,988 ft (606 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 970
 • Density 77.5/sq mi (29.9/km2)
  Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Toro Negro is a barrio in the municipality of Ciales, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 970.

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 Toro Negro barrio was 2,252.

Historical population
Census Pop.
1900 2,252
1910 1,859 −17.5%
1920 2,066 11.1%
1930 2,108 2.0%
1940 2,261 7.3%
1950 2,050 −9.3%
1980 878
1990 1,118 27.3%
2000 1,276 14.1%
2010 970 −24.0%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930
1930-1950 1980-2000 2010

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 Toro Negro barrio:

Casa Blanca, Dos Bocas, La Piedra, and Vega Redonda.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Toro Negro para niños

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