Caracol 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
Añasco, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,869.
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 combined population of Caracol and
Hatillo barrios was 1,030.
Sectors
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to
minor civil divisions
A minor civil division (MCD) is a term used by the United States Census Bureau for primary governmental and/or administrative divisions of a county or county-equivalent, typically a municipal government such as a city, town, or civil township. MCD ...
)
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 Caracol barrio:
, and .
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 ...
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List of barrios and sectors of Añasco, Puerto Rico
Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Añasco, Puerto Rico, Añasco is subdivided into administrative units called Barrios of Puerto Rico, barrios, which are roughly comparable to minor civil divisions, (and means ''wards'' or ''boroughs'' or ''n ...
References
External links
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Barrios of Añasco, Puerto Rico
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