Higuillar

Higuillar
Barrio
Puerto Rico Highway 693 in Higuillar
Location of Higuillar within the municipality of Dorado shown in red
Higuillar Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°27′15″N 66°17′12″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Dorado
Area [1]
• Total	12.98 sq mi (33.6 km^2)
• Land	11.80 sq mi (30.6 km^2)
• Water	1.18 sq mi (3.1 km^2)
Elevation [2]	23 ft (7 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	25,785
• Density	2,188.9/sq mi (845.1/km^2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
ZIP Code	00646

Higuillar is a barrio on the coast of the municipality of Dorado, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 25,785.[3][4][5]

History

Higuillar 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 Higuillar barrio was 820.[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	820		—
1910	1,166		42.2%
1920	1,375		17.9%
1930	1,572		14.3%
1940	2,604		65.6%
1950	3,814		46.5%
1960	5,710		49.7%
1970	0		−100.0%
1980	16,102		—
1990	20,117		24.9%
2000	22,481		11.8%
2010	25,785		14.7%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12]

Sectors

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 Higuillar barrio:[17]

Apartamentos Brisas del Mar, Apartamentos Camino Dorado, Apartamentos Plantation Village Apartment 1, Apartamentos Plantation Village Apartment 2, Apartamentos Plantation Village Apartment 3, Apartamentos Villas de Costa Mar, Comunidad Mameyal, Condominio Costa Dorada, Condominio Fairway Village Apartments, Condominio Ocean Villas, Condominio Villa de Playa I y II, Condominio Villas de Dorado, Condominio Villas de Golf Este, Condominio Villas de Golf Oeste, Hogar Costa de Oro Village, PR-695, Reparto San Carlos, Sector Aldea, Sector Arenal, Sector Costa de Oro, Sector Cuatro Calles, Sector Hormigas, Sector La Poza, Sector La Prá, Sector Los Puertos, Sector Marismilla, Sector Monte Lindo, Sector San Antonio, Sector Santa Bárbara, Sector Sardinera, Sector Villa 2000, Sector Villa Palmas, Sector Villa Plata, Sector Villa Santa, Urbanización Brighton Country Club, Urbanización Dorado Beach Cottages, Urbanización Dorado Beach East, Urbanización Dorado Beach Estate, Urbanización Dorado Beach, Urbanización Dorado Country Estate, Urbanización Dorado Del Mar, Urbanización Dorado Reef, Urbanización Doraville, Urbanización Gable Breeze, Urbanización Hacienda Mi Querido Viejo, Urbanización Jardín Dorado, Urbanización Los Prados de Dorado Norte y Sur, Urbanización Monte Elena, Urbanización Paisajes de Dorado, Urbanización Paseo de Dorado, Urbanización Paseo del Mar, Urbanización Paseo del Sol, Urbanización Paseo Las Olas, Urbanización Paseo Las Palmas, Urbanización Paseo Los Corales, Urbanización Paseo Real, Urbanización Plantation Village, Urbanización Quintas de Dorado, Urbanización Ritz-Carlton Reserve East Beach, Urbanización Ritz-Carlton Reserve West Beach, Urbanización The Enclave, Urbanización The Greens, and Urbanización Villamar.

In Higuillar barrio is part of the Dorado urban zone. The San Antonio community is in Higuillar.[5]

Sites

The Balneario Manuel “Nolo” Morales or Sardinera beach is in Higuillar.[18]

Gallery

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  Puerto Rico Highway 691 in Higuillar
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  Puerto Rico Highway 694 between Higuillar and Maguayo
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  Puerto Rico Highway 697 near Sardinera Beach in Higuillar
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  Puerto Rico Highway 698 in Higuillar

See also

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

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Higuillar 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. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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. Archived from the original on 15 November 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
8. "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
9. "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 21 September 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 30 August 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
11. "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 21 September 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 20 February 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
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). Archived from the original on 28 June 2019. 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). Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
17. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL DORADO 015" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 November 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
18. "Beach Monitoring and Public Notification Program" (PDF). drna.pr.gov. Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.