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Mal Paso Malpaso
Barrio
Location of Mal Paso within the municipality of Aguada shown in redLocation of Mal Paso within the municipality of Aguada shown in red
Mal Paso is located in CaribbeanMal PasoMal PasoLocation of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°21′58″N 67°10′10″W / 18.365988°N 67.169352°W / 18.365988; -67.169352
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Aguada
Area
 • Total0.93 sq mi (2.4 km)
 • Land0.93 sq mi (2.4 km)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.0 km)
Elevation135 ft (41 m)
Population
 • Total2,483
 • Density2,669.9/sq mi (1,030.9/km)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)
ZIP Code00602
Area code(s)787, 939

Mal Paso is a barrio in the municipality of Aguada, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,483.

History

Mal Paso was in Spain's gazetteers 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 combined population of Mal Paso and Guanábano barrios (spelled Guanábanas) was 723.

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1910581—
192072524.8%
19307888.7%
19401,05333.6%
19501,28622.1%
19601,3827.5%
19701,74726.4%
19802,37535.9%
19902,61210.0%
20002,6140.1%
20102,483−5.0%
U.S. Decennial Census
1900 (N/A) 1910-1930
1930-1950 1960 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 Mal Paso barrio:

Apartamentos Piedras Blancas, Parcelas Cornelias, Parcelas Las Minas, Sector Avilés, Sector Bucaré, Sector Cáceres, Sector César Ruíz, Sector Chevo Sánchez, Sector El Criollito, Sector Los Bimbas, Sector Militar, Sector Rosa, Sector Sabana, Sector Sony Hill, Sector Tatín Varela, Sector Vadi, Sector Villarrubia, and Urbanización Colinas Vista Azul.

In Mal Paso barrio is part of the Luyando community.

See also

References

  1. ^ "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mal Paso 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.
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  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. 160.
  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. Census of Population, 1960: Number of Inhabitants, General Population Characteristics, General Social and Economic Characteristics, and Detailed Characteristics. Characteristics of the population. U.S. Bureau of the Census. 1963. pp. 97–101. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  12. "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.
  13. 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.
  14. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  15. Mari Mut, José A. (28 August 2013). "Los pueblos de Puerto Rico y las iglesias de sus plazas" (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 June 2020 – via archive.org.
  16. "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  17. 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
  18. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  19. "DESGLOSE DE SECTORES Y CENTROS DE VOTACIÓN PRECINTO ELECTORAL - AGUADA 038" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 28 October 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

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