Camino Nuevo
Barrio of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico
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Camino Nuevo is a barrio in the municipality of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,391.[3][4][5]
Camino Nuevo | |
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Barrio | |
View from Camino Nuevo | |
 Location of Camino Nuevo within the municipality of Yabucoa shown in red | |
  Camino Nuevo Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°01′48″N 65°49′52″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Yabucoa |
| Area | |
• Total | 32.56 sq mi (84.3 km2) |
| • Land | 4.59 sq mi (11.9 km2) |
| • Water | 27.97 sq mi (72.4 km2) |
| Elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 3,391 |
| • Density | 738.8/sq mi (285.3/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| ZIP Code | 00767 |
| Area code | 787/939 |
Features
El Guano Beach is located in Camino Nuevo, Yabucoa.
History
Camino Nuevo 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 population of Camino Nuevo barrio was 1,435.[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 Camino Nuevo barrio:[17]
Carretera 901, Parcelas Camino Nuevo, Sector El Cocal, Sector El Guano, Sector El Negro, Sector El Nuevo Cuño, Sector Loma del Viento, Sector Los Colones, Sector Maloja, Sector Riefkohl, Sector Rincón, and Sector Tamarindo.
