Bartolo is a

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in the municipality of

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. Its population in 2010 was 2,035. Bartolo is on the southeastern border of Lares and

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History

Bartolo was in Spain's

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s until 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 Bartolo barrio was 2,035.

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) and subbarrios, in turn, are further subdivided into smaller locally populated place areas/units called sectores (''sectors'' in English). The types of ''sectores'' may vary, from normal ''sector'' to ''urbanización'' to ''reparto'' to ''barriada'' to ''residencial'', among others. The following sectors are in Bartolo barrio: , and .

Jíbaros Mutual Support Center

The , a school that was built in 1922 was closed in 2015 by the Puerto Rico Department of Education. A group of residents, who farm the land (

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s), rehabilitated the school and put it to use, after they were left homeless when their homes were destroyed by

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in September 2017. The group received support from a number of businesses including a donation of solar panels. With their work, the once abandoned school is now called the Jíbaros Mutual Support Center (), and the classrooms serve as residences to eleven families (to families with a woman

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and the elderly). There are micro-businesses, including a theater, operating from the location. Members of the local Presbyterian church who spearheaded the grassroots movement for Bartolo are pursuing official ownership of the property. Similar Mutual Support Centers have popped up around the island.

References

External links

*{{GNIS, 2415160, Bartolo barrio Barrios of Lares, Puerto Rico

History

Sectors

Jíbaros Mutual Support Center

See also

References

External links