Arenales, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Barrio of Puerto Rico
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Arenales is a rural barrio in the municipality of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,983.[3][4][5]
Arenales | |
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Barrio | |
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  Arenales Location of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean | |
| Coordinates: 18°28′11″N 67°06′26″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Aguadilla |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.75 sq mi (7.1 km2) |
| • Land | 2.74 sq mi (7.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.026 km2) |
| Elevation | 308 ft (94 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 1,983 |
| • Density | 723.7/sq mi (279.4/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
History
Arenales was in Spain's gazetteers[6] 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 combined population of Aguacate barrio and Arenales barrio was 991.[7]
Sectors
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[13] 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.[14][15][16][17][18]
The following sectors are in Arenales barrio:[19]
Condominio San Carlos, Sector La Charca, and Urbanización Solares.
