Pezuela 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
Lares, Puerto Rico
Lares (, ) is a mountain town and municipality of Puerto Rico's central-western area. Lares is located north of Maricao and Yauco; south of Camuy, east of San Sebastián and Las Marias; and west of Hatillo, Utuado and Adjuntas. Lares is spread ...
. Its population in 2010 was 474.
The barrio is divided into about 8 sectors. The barrio has been prone to landslides since Hurricane Maria struck in 2017.
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 Pezuela barrio was 1,010.
In late 2019, 12 landslides occurred in one month's time as a result of heavy rainfall and some homes were in danger of collapsing near
PR-131
Puerto Rico Highway 131 (PR-131) is a road located in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. It begins at its intersection with PR-135 in Barrio Yayales and ends at Guilarte Forest near Peñuelas municipal limit. Its segment between PR-525 and PR-518 is pa ...
. Residents stated the problem was caused by years of inaction to correct and clear waterways after
Hurricane Maria, which struck in 2017. The people fear that a large landslide could occur and cause many deaths as happened with the
Mameyes Landslide
The 1985 Puerto Rico floods produced the deadliest single landslide on record in North America, killing at least 130 people in the Mameyes neighborhood of barrio Portugués Urbano in Ponce. The floods were the result of a westward-moving ...
in
Portugués Urbano
Portugués Urbano is one of the 31 barrios in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Canas Urbano, Machuelo Abajo, Magueyes Urbano, and San Antón, Portugués Urbano is one of the municipality's five originally rural barrios tha ...
barrio in
Ponce in 1985.
Sectors
Barrios (which are 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 ...
)
and subbarrios,
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 Pezuela barrio:
, and .
See also
*
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 ...
* List of barrios and sectors of Lares, Puerto Rico
References
External links
*
Barrios of Lares, Puerto Rico
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