Barahona, Morovis, Puerto Rico

Barahona
Barrio
Building in Barahona
Building in Barahona
Location of Barahona within the municipality of Morovis shown in red
Location of Barahona within the municipality of Morovis shown in red
Barahona is located in Caribbean
Barahona
Barahona
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°21′43″N 66°26′50″W / 18.362065°N 66.447307°W / 18.362065; -66.447307[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Morovis
Area
[1]
 • Total
3.76 sq mi (9.7 km2)
 • Land3.76 sq mi (9.7 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
[2]
561 ft (171 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total
5,244
 • Density1,398.4/sq mi (539.9/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)
Zip code
00687

Barahona is a barrio in the municipality of Morovis, Puerto Rico. Barahona has thirteen sectors and its population in 2010 was 5,244.[3][4][5]

History

Barahona was in Spain's gazetteers[6] until 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 Barahona barrio was 854.[7]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1900854—
19101,02419.9%
19201,35732.5%
19301,50310.8%
19401,430−4.9%
19501,89932.8%
19601,660−12.6%
19702,03522.6%
19802,91443.2%
19903,81430.9%
20004,41015.6%
20105,24418.9%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900)[8] 1910-1930[9]
1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12]

After Hurricane Maria destroyed critical infrastructure in Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017, the Puerto Rico National Guard was tasked with providing people with potable water.

Sectors

Further information: List of barrios and sectors of Morovis, Puerto Rico

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[13] 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.[14][15][16]

The following sectors are in Barahona barrio:[17]

Carretera 633, Parcelas Barahona, Sector Cabachuelas I, Sector Germán Vega, Sector La Lomita, Sector Los Currás, Sector Siete Cuerdas, Sector VilLa Roca, Urbanización Brisas de Barahona, Urbanización Hacienda Las Marías, Urbanización Reparto Los Torres, Urbanización Valle San Luis, and Valle Barahona.

Education

Barrahona is home to the Ángel G. Quintero Middle School (Escuela Intermedia Ángel G. Quintero).[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Barahona barrio
  3. ^ Picó, Rafael; Buitrago de Santiago, Zayda; Berrios, Hector H. Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969.
  4. ^ Gwillim Law (20 May 2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-4766-0447-3. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  5. ^ Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
  6. ^ "Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881". Biblioteca Nacional de España (in Spanish). p. 1614. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  7. ^ Joseph Prentiss Sanger; Henry Gannett; Walter Francis Willcox (1900). Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office (in Spanish). Imprenta del gobierno. p. 161.
  8. ^ "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  9. ^ "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  10. ^ "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  11. ^ "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  12. ^ Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  13. ^ "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  14. ^ "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  15. ^ Rivera Quintero, Marcia (2014), El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 (first ed.), San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón, ISBN 978-0-9820806-1-0
  16. ^ "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  17. ^ "PRECINTO ELECTORAL MOROVIS 020" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 8 October 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  18. ^ "Search for Public Schools - ANGEL G QUINTERO ALFARO (720003000131)". National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Home Page, a part of the U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
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