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Barrio of Puerto Rico Barrio in Corozal, Puerto Rico
Negros
Barrio
View from NegrosView from Negros
Location of Negros within the municipality of Corozal shown in redLocation of Negros within the municipality of Corozal shown in red
Negros is located in CaribbeanNegrosNegrosLocation of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°17′34″N 66°19′36″W / 18.29282°N 66.32657°W / 18.29282; -66.32657
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Corozal
Area
 • Total2.97 sq mi (7.7 km)
 • Land2.97 sq mi (7.7 km)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km)
Elevation1,588 ft (484 m)
Population
 • Total1,398
 • Density470.7/sq mi (181.7/km)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)

Negros is a rural barrio in the municipality of Corozal, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,398.

History

Negros 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 Negros barrio was 818.

Features and demographics

Negros has 2.97 square miles (7.7 km) of land area and no water area. In 2010, its population was 1,398 with a population density of 470.7 inhabitants per square mile (181.7/km).

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1900818—
191099321.4%
19201,0808.8%
19301,068−1.1%
19401,29721.4%
19501,117−13.9%
19601,087−2.7%
1970911−16.2%
1980855−6.1%
19901,00117.1%
20001,23923.8%
20101,39812.8%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930
1930-1950 1980-2000 2010

PR-805 is the main east-west road through Negros.

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 Negros barrio:

Sector Acueducto, Sector África, Sector Carretera (from Amado Suárez to Iglesia Católica), Sector La Hacienda, Sector La Planá, Sector Lorencito Frau, Sector Los Gatos, Sector Los Pérez, Sector Los Quiñones, Sector Parcelas, Sector Pepín García, and Urbanización Los Hermanos.

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See also

References

  1. ^ "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Negros 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. 161.
  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.
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  13. "P.L. 94-171 VTD/SLD Reference Map 001 (2010 Census): Corozal Municipio, PR" (PDF). www2.census.gov. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  14. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". 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
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  18. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL COROZAL 072" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2020.

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