Maguayo

Maguayo is a barrio in the municipality of Dorado, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,496.[3][4][5]

Maguayo
Barrio
Location of Maguayo within the municipality of Dorado shown in red
Maguayo
Location of Maguayo within the municipality of Dorado shown in red
Coordinates: 18°24′49″N 66°16′28″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Dorado
Area
 • Total3.88 sq mi (10.0 km2)
 • Land3.86 sq mi (10.0 km2)
 • Water0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)
Elevation135 ft (41 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total4,496
 • Density1,164.8/sq mi (449.7/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)
ZIP Code
00646

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 conducted its first census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Maguayo barrio was 764.[6]

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
19802,948—
19903,82629.8%
20004,71123.1%
20104,496−4.6%
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 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 Maguayo barrio:[17]

Parcelas El Cotto, Sector Abra, Sector Calandria, Sector Camino Los Nieves, Sector Cotto Martell, Sector Cuatro Calles, Sector El Cotto, Sector Los Bloise, Sector Los Dávila, Sector Los Torres, Sector Maguayo Adentro, Sector Maracayo, Sector Martell, Sector Maysonet I y II, Sector Polvorín, Sector Río Nuevo (PR-693), Sector Santa Rosa (Jazmín, Guayabo, Combate), Urbanización Alturas de Plata, Urbanización Bosque Dorado, and Urbanización Valle del Dorado.

In Maguayo barrio is part of the Río Lajas comunidad.[5]

See also

References
  1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Maguayo 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. 161.
  7. "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  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). 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 DORADO 015" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 November 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2020.


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