Cialitos, Ciales, Puerto Rico
Barrio of Puerto Rico
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Cialitos is a barrio in the municipality of Ciales, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,449.[3][4][5]
Cialitos | |
|---|---|
Barrio | |
Location of Cialitos within the municipality of Ciales shown in red | |
  Cialitos Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°15′30″N 66°32′08″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Ciales |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.2 sq mi (24 km2) |
| • Land | 9.2 sq mi (24 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 2,477 ft (755 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 1,449 |
| • Density | 157.5/sq mi (60.8/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| ZIP Code | 00638 |
| Area code | 787/939 |
History
Cialitos 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 Cialitos barrio was 2,522.[7]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 2,522 | — | |
| 1910 | 2,217 | −12.1% | |
| 1920 | 3,243 | 46.3% | |
| 1930 | 2,113 | −34.8% | |
| 1940 | 1,991 | −5.8% | |
| 1950 | 1,718 | −13.7% | |
| 1960 | 1,444 | −15.9% | |
| 1970 | 1,705 | 18.1% | |
| 1980 | 1,405 | −17.6% | |
| 1990 | 1,307 | −7.0% | |
| 2000 | 1,490 | 14.0% | |
| 2010 | 1,449 | −2.8% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12] | |||
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 Cialitos barrio:[17]
Atrecho, Hacienda Flor de Alba, La Quinta, Las Cañas, Los Figueroa, Los López, Mameyes, Parcelas Cialitos, Parcelas Toño Colon, Portón, and Sector Los Naturópatas.
