Villalba Abajo

Villalba is a barrio in the municipality of Villalba, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,880.^[3][4][5]

Villalba Abajo
Barrio
Location of Villalba Abajo within the municipality of Villalba shown in red
Villalba Abajo Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°05′55″N 66°30′44″W / 18.098657°N 66.512299°W / 18.098657; -66.512299^[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Villalba
Area ^[1]
• Total	2.73 sq mi (7.1 km^2)
• Land	2.50 sq mi (6.5 km^2)
• Water	0.23 sq mi (0.6 km^2)
Elevation ^[2]	636 ft (194 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	2,880
• Density	1,152/sq mi (445/km^2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

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 Villalba Abajo barrio was 1,363.^[6]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	1,363		—
1910	1,454		6.7%
1920	1,833		26.1%
1930	1,407		−23.2%
1940	1,453		3.3%
1950	1,757		20.9%
1960	2,251		28.1%
1980	2,940		—
1990	2,998		2.0%
2000	3,054		1.9%
2010	2,880		−5.7%
U.S. Decennial Census^[7] 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)^[14] 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.^[15][16][17]

The following sectors are in Villalba Abajo barrio:^[18]

Barriada Borinquen, Carretera 149 Intersección 514, Carretera 149, Corillo, Egida Villalba Housing for the Elderly, El Semil Abajo, Hacienda Juanita, Hogar Las Margaritas Dos, Residencial Efraín Suárez, Residencial Enudio Negrón, Residencial Maximino Miranda, Sector Hacienda Sosa, Sector Jagueyes Abajo (Parcelas Cotorreras, Los Olivieri, La Escuela, Carretera 149), Sector Jagueyes Arriba, (Lado Bravo, Los Cabros, Roque, Carretera 149 Intersección 513), Sector Romero (Las Cumbres, Las Talas Largas, Santo Domingo, El Polvorín, El Trueno, Romero Interior, La Escuela, Los Olivari), Sector Tierra Santa (El Achiote, El Cercao, El Cementerio, El Mamey, Calle Vieja, El Complejo, Los Trotadores), Urbanización Estancias de Valle Hermoso, Urbanización Las Alondras, Urbanización Nabori, Urbanización Quintas del Alba, Urbanización Sagrado Corazón, Urbanización Tierra Santa, Urbanización Valle Escondido, Urbanización Valle Hermoso, Urbanización Villa Laura, Urbanización Vista Bella, and Villalba Apartments.

See also

•  Puerto Rico portal

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

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Villalba Abajo 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. 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. 165.
7. "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
8. "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. 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. (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. (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. (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. (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
13. "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
14. . factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
15. "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
16. 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
17. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
18. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL VILLALBA 065" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2020.