Espino, Añasco, Puerto Rico
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Espino 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 1407.


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 Espino, Cidra and Carreras barrios was 1,281.


Sectors

Barrios (which are like 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 Espino barrio: , and .


See also

* List of communities in Puerto Rico * List of barrios and sectors of Añasco, Puerto Rico


References


External links

* Barrios of Añasco, Puerto Rico {{AñascoPR-geo-stub