Guzmán Arriba
Barrio of Río Grande, Puerto Rico
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Guzmán Arriba is a barrio in the municipality of Río Grande, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,116.[3][4][5]
Guzmán Arriba | |
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Barrio | |
View from Guzmán Arriba | |
 Location of Guzmán Arriba within the municipality of Río Grande shown in red | |
  Guzmán Arriba Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°17′26″N 65°49′43″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Río Grande |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.84 sq mi (20.3 km2) |
| • Land | 7.84 sq mi (20.3 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,762 ft (537 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 1,116 |
| • Density | 142.3/sq mi (54.9/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
History
Guzmán Arriba 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 Guzmán Arriba barrio was 1,047.[7]
Lilium is a small, fragrant flower which has been cultivated in Guzmán Arriba for generations.[8]
Sectors
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[14] 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.[15][16][17]
The following sectors are in Guzmán Arriba barrio:[18][19]
Comunidad Piza, Sector El Rayo, Sector Medina, and Sector Morovis.
