Damián Abajo
Barrio in Orocovis, Puerto Rico
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Damián Abajo is a barrio in the municipality of Orocovis, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 754.[3][4][5]
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Damián Abajo | |
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Barrio | |
Bauta River between Damián Abajo and Pellejas barrios | |
 Location of Damián Abajo within the municipality of Orocovis shown in red | |
  Damián Abajo Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°14′21″N 66°28′02″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Orocovis |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.7 sq mi (7.0 km2) |
| • Land | 2.7 sq mi (7.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,217 ft (371 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 754 |
| • Density | 279.3/sq mi (107.8/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| ZIP Code | 00720 |
| Area code | 787/939 |
Sectors
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[6] 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.[7][8][9][10][11]
The following sectors are in Damián Abajo barrio:[12]
Sector Área Recreativa, Sector Camilo Meléndez, Sector Canta Sapo, Sector Culebras, Sector El Granillín, Sector El Puente, Sector El Verde, Sector Gregorio, Sector La Escuela, Sector La Frontera, Sector La Hacienda, Sector La Luna, Sector Las Palmas, Sector Los Muros, Sector Meseta, Sector Palma Gorda, Sector Pedro Morales, Sector Román Díaz, Sector Taita, and Sector Vitín Medina.
History
Damián Abajo was in Spain's gazetteers[13] 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 Damián Abajo barrio was 922.[14]
