Garrochales 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 delimited by functional (e.g. residential, comm ...
located in the northeastern area of the municipality of
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Arecibo (; ) is a Arecibo barrio-pueblo, city and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality on the northern coast of Puerto Rico, on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, located north of Utuado, Puerto Rico, Utuado and Ciales, Puerto Rico, Ciale ...
. Its population in 2010 was 2,433.
Features and sectors
Garrochales's borders are
Islote barrio and
Barceloneta municipality on its north; Barceloneta on its east;
Sabana Hoyos barrio on its south; and
Factor barrio on its west.
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 Garrochales barrio:
, and
.
History and demographics
Garrochales was in Spain's
gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by
Spain
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in the aftermath of the
Spanish–American War
The Spanish–American War (April 21 – August 13, 1898) was fought between Restoration (Spain), Spain and the United States in 1898. It began with the sinking of the USS Maine (1889), USS ''Maine'' in Havana Harbor in Cuba, and resulted in the ...
under the terms of the
Treaty of Paris of 1898
The Treaty of Peace between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain, commonly known as the Treaty of Paris of 1898, was signed by Restoration (Spain), Spain and the United States on December 10, 1898, and marked the end of the ...
and became an
unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the
United States Department of War
The United States Department of War, also called the War Department (and occasionally War Office in the early years), was the United States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army, als ...
conducted a
census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Garrochales barrio was 950.
The industry of Garrochales is cattle farming and dairy.
Gallery
Cows in Garrochales, Arecibo, Puerto Rico.jpg, The milk industry of Arecibo on display near Sector Noriega, Jardines de Bethania and Sector San Luis
See also
*
List of communities in Puerto Rico
*
List of barrios and sectors of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
References
Barrios of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
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