Río Grande 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 Morovis (, ) is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the central region of the island, north of Orocovis, south of Manatí, Vega Baja and Vega Alta; east of Ciales, and west of Corozal. Morovis is spread over 13 barrios and Morov ...

. Río Grande has six sectors and its population in 2010 was 594.

History

Puerto Rico was ceded by

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in the aftermath of the

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under the terms of the

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and became an

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. In 1899, the

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conducted a

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of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Río Grande barrio was 841. Río Grande was flooded when

Hurricane Maria Hurricane Maria was a deadly Saffir–Simpson scale#Category 5, Category 5 Tropical cyclone, hurricane that devastated the northeastern Caribbean in September 2017, particularly Dominica, Saint Croix, and Puerto Rico. It is regarded as the wo ...

struck on September 20, 2017. The Río Grande River destroyed many homes and came up as high as 2 feet under La Playita restaurant, which is a restaurant on

stilts Stilts are poles, posts or pillars that allow a person or structure to stand at a height above the ground. In flood plains, and on beaches or unstable ground, buildings are often constructed on stilts to protect them from damage by water, wav ...

. The people in the community were left isolated and without power.

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 ...

) 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 Río Grande barrio: , and .

Gallery

Scenes around Río Grande, Morovis: Vista desde puente en Sector La Playita, Carretera 155, Río Grande, Morovis, Puerto Rico 05.jpg, View from bridge in Sector La Playita Río Grande in Río Grande barrio, Morovis, Puerto Rico near La Playita restaurant.png, Sign in Barrio Río Grande on PR-155 in Morovis, Puerto Rico.jpg, Río Grande sign on PR-155 Carretera PR-155, Kilometro 41 en Barrio Río Grande, Morovis, Puerto Rico, mirando al sur.jpg, PR-155 at km 41 southbound towards Orocovis Carretera PR-155, Kilometro 40.8 en Barrio Río Grande, Morovis, Puerto Rico, mirando al sur.jpg, PR-155 at km 40.8 southbound approaching Orocovis

References

External links

* Barrios of Morovis, Puerto Rico {{MorovisPR-geo-stub

History

Sectors

Gallery

See also

References

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