Contorno, Toa Alta, Puerto Rico
Barrio of Puerto Rico
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Contorno is a barrio in the municipality of Toa Alta, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,737.[3][4][5]
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Contorno | |
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Barrio | |
Puerto Rico Highway 165R in Contorno | |
 Location of Contorno within the municipality of Toa Alta shown in red | |
  Contorno Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°22′55″N 66°15′51″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Toa Alta |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.95 sq mi (5.1 km2) |
| • Land | 1.93 sq mi (5.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.052 km2) |
| Elevation | 318 ft (97 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 4,737 |
| • Density | 2,454.4/sq mi (947.6/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
History
Contorno was in Spain's gazetteers[11] 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 Contorno barrio was 653.[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 Contorno barrio:[17]
Apartamentos Palacio Dorado, Reparto Sherly, Residencial Jardines de San Fernando, Sector Cielito (Carretera 165), Sector Cielo Mar, Sector El Winche, Sector Gury, Sector Rabo del Buey, Sector Santos, Urbanización Mansiones del Toa, Urbanización Quintas Don Juan (Highland Estates), Urbanización San Fernando, and Urbanización Town Hills.
Gallery
Puerto Rico Highway 8861 in Contorno
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