Anones
Barrio of Naranjito, Puerto Rico
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Anones is a barrio in the municipality of Naranjito, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,976.[3][4][5] Anones is located to the South of the urban center of the municipality. There are schools and shops here and it is the most mountainous area of the municipality.[6]
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Anones | |
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Barrio | |
Puerto Rico Highway 878 in Anones | |
 Location of Anones within the municipality of Naranjito shown in red | |
  Anones Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°16′22″N 66°14′50″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Naranjito |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.94 sq mi (15.4 km2) |
| • Land | 5.94 sq mi (15.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,634 ft (498 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 4,976 |
| • Density | 837.7/sq mi (323.4/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| ZIP code | 00719 |
| Area code | 787/939 |
History
Anones was in Spain's gazetteers[7] until 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 Anones barrio was 1,420.[8]
Sectors
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[14] 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.[15][16][17]
The following sectors are in Anones barrio:[6][18]
Anones Díaz, Anones Don Tito, Carretera 152, Camino Manolín González, Comunidad Las Lágrimas, Comunidad Rogelio Ferrer, La Maya, La Sierra, Los Matos, Sector Álvaro Rodríguez, Sector Beltrán, Sector Cátala, Sector Cayito Ríos, Sector Cuatro Puertas, Sector El Cerro, Sector El Palmar, Sector El Pollito, Sector Flor Maure, Sector Fuentes, Sector Hernández, Sector Juan Sostre Coreano, Sector Los Vasallos, Sector Marcano, Sector Merce Alicea, Sector Mirador, Sector Ledis Diaz, Sector Molina, Sector Palin Cátala, Sector Pablo Cátala, Sector Punto Fijo, Rodríguez, Tito Cátala, and Villa Polilla.
