Algarrobo is a

barrio ''Barrio'' () is a Spanish language, Spanish word that means "Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter" or "neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city, usually delimited by functional (e.g. residenti ...

in the municipality of

Yauco, Puerto Rico Yauco () is a Yauco barrio-pueblo, town and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality in southern Puerto Rico. Although the Yauco barrio-pueblo, downtown is inland, the municipality stretches to a southern coast facing the Caribbean Sea. Yauco ...

. Its population in 2010 was 419.

History

Puerto Rico was ceded by

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in the aftermath of the

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under the terms of the

Treaty of Paris of 1898 The Treaty of Peace between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain, commonly known as the Treaty of Paris of 1898 ( fil, Kasunduan sa Paris ng 1898; es, Tratado de París de 1898), was a treaty signed by Spain and the United Stat ...

and became an

unincorporated territory of the United States Territories of the United States are sub-national administrative divisions overseen by the federal government of the United States. The various American territories differ from the U.S. states and tribal reservations as they are not sover ...

. In 1899, the

United States Department of War The United States Department of War, also called the War Department (and occasionally War Office in the early years), was the United States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army, a ...

conducted a

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...

of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Algarrobo barrio was 952.

Geography

Algarrobo barrio is located in central Yauco in the Cordillera Central. The barrio is crossed by the

Yauco River The Yauco River ( es, Río Yauco) is a river that goes through Guayanilla and Yauco, municipalities in Puerto Rico. The Antonio Lucchetti Dam and Reservoir is on the Yauco River. Hurricane Maria Significant rainfall from Hurricane Maria on Se ...

which flows from

Lake Luchetti Lake Luchetti (Spanish: ''Lago de Luchetti,'' sometimes known as ''Lago de Yauco,'' formerly ''Lago Vegas'') is a reservoir located in the municipality of Yauco, Puerto Rico, in the '' barrios'' of Naranjo and Vegas. The lake was formerly known a ...

in the north towards downtown Yauco in the south.

Demographics

References

Barrios of Yauco, Puerto Rico {{YaucoPR-geo-stub

History

Geography

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