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Mucarabones
Barrio
Bucarabones River in Mucarabones
Location of Mucarabones within the municipality of Toa Alta shown in red
MucarabonesLocation of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°23′00″N 66°13′22″W / 18.383366°N 66.22282°W / 18.383366; -66.22282
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Toa Alta
Area
• Total	5.33 sq mi (13.8 km)
• Land	5.32 sq mi (13.8 km)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km)
Elevation	66 ft (20 m)
Population
• Total	23,221
• Density	4,364.8/sq mi (1,685.3/km)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Mucarabones is a barrio in the municipality of Toa Alta, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 23,221.

History

Mucarabones 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 population of Mucarabones barrio was 954.

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 Mucarabones barrio:

Calle #2 (casas 7, 8,9 y 10, Bloque B, casas 1 y 13 a la 16, Bloque C, y casas 1 a la 3, Bloque D, son tocadas), Calle 3 completa, Comunidad Acerola, Condominio Alturas de Monte Verde, Condominio Brisas II, Condominio Terrazas de Montecasino, Condominio Vistas de Montecasino, Parcelas Barrio Mucarabones, Parcelas Piñas, Reparto Doraida, Sector Arenas, Sector Brisas del Este, Sector El Turpial, Sector Jiménez, Sector La Cuerda, Sector Las Torres, Sector Los Frailes, Sector Morales, Sector Villa del Río, Sector Villa Juventud, Urbanización Alturas de Montecasino, Urbanización Aventura, Urbanización Brisas de Montecasino, Urbanización Casitas de la Fuente, Urbanización El Rosario, Urbanización Estancias de La Fuente (Fuente Imperial, Fuente del Valle, Fuente del Condado), Urbanización Estancias de San Miguel, Urbanización Estancias del Plata, Urbanización Fuente Bella, Urbanización Hacienda de Boriquén, Urbanización Haciendas del Caribe, Urbanización Jardines Casablanca, Urbanización Jardines de Escorial, Urbanización Jardines de Mediterráneo, Urbanización La Inmaculada, Urbanización Las Cascadas I y II, Urbanización Madelaine, Urbanización Mansiones Montecasino I y II, Urbanización Monte Sol, Urbanización Monte Verde, Urbanización Montecasino Heights, Urbanización Montecasino, Urbanización Parque San Miguel, Calle #1, Bloque A, casa 1 a la 18 (casa 19, Bloque A, es tocada), Urbanización Plaza de la Fuente, Urbanización Pradera del Río, Urbanización San Pedro (Calle 7, 8, 9), Urbanización Villa del Monte, and Urbanización Villas del Toa.

See also

• List of communities in Puerto Rico
• List of barrios and sectors of Toa Alta, Puerto Rico

References

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2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mucarabones barrio
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9. "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.
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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
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17. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL TOA ALTA 013" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2020.

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