Barahona 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
Morovis, Puerto Rico. Barahona has thirteen sectors and its population in 2010 was 5,244.
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 Department of War conducted a
census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Barahona barrio was 854.
After
Hurricane Maria destroyed critical infrastructure in Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017, the Puerto Rico National Guard was tasked with providing people with potable water.
Sectors
Barrios (which are 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 Barahona barrio:
, and
.
Gallery
Scenes in Barahona, Morovis:
Puerto Rico National Guard (37104444853).jpg, Puerto Rico National Guard with water trucks
Barahona Auto Parts, PR-633, Morovis, Puerto Rico.jpg, Barahona Auto Parts
Puerto Rico Highway 633 in Barahona, Morovis.jpg, Puerto Rico Highway 633
Puerto Rico Highway 633 (PR-633) is an east–west rural road located between the municipalities of Ciales, Puerto Rico, Ciales and Morovis, Puerto Rico, Morovis in Puerto Rico. With a length of , it begins at its intersection with Puerto Rico H ...
See also
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List of communities in Puerto Rico
In Puerto Rico, there are 78 municipalities and 902 municipio subdivisions made up of 827 barrios and 75 barrios-pueblo. There are also a number of subbarrios and communities. The following is a list of the 902 barrios, some of the subbarrios, i ...
References
External links
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Barrios of Morovis, Puerto Rico
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