Cacao Bajo
Barrio of Patillas, Puerto Rico
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Cacao Bajo is a barrio in the municipality of Patillas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,437.[3][4][5]
Cacao Bajo | |
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Barrio | |
Location of Cacao Bajo within the municipality of Patillas shown in red | |
  Cacao Bajo Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 17°59′47″N 66°01′38″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Patillas |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.63 sq mi (6.8 km2) |
| • Land | 2.42 sq mi (6.3 km2) |
| • Water | 0.21 sq mi (0.54 km2) |
| Elevation | 135 ft (41 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 1,437 |
| • Density | 593.8/sq mi (229.3/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| ZIP Code | 00723 |
| Area code | 787/939 |
History
Cacao Bajo 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 Quebrada Arriba and Cacao Bajo barrios was 928.[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]
The following sectors are in Cacao Bajo barrio:[17]
Carretera 3, Carretera 184, Carretera 755, Sector Ancones Sifón, Sector La Herradura, Sector Los Pompos, Sector Margote, Sector Obén, Sector Raja Larga, Sector Sabana, Sector Seboruco, Sector Túnel Sabana, Sector Yaurel Chiquito, Urbanización Estancias de Aurora, and Urbanización Las Violetas.
