Húcares
Barrio of Naguabo, Puerto Rico
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Húcares is a barrio in the municipality of Naguabo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,918.[3][4][5]
Húcares | |
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Barrio | |
Shops in Húcares | |
 Location of Húcares within the municipality of Naguabo shown in red | |
  Húcares Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°11′49″N 65°43′07″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Naguabo |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.14 sq mi (8.1 km2) |
| • Land | 2.45 sq mi (6.3 km2) |
| • Water | 0.69 sq mi (1.8 km2) |
| Elevation | 171 ft (52 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 2,918 |
| • Density | 1,191/sq mi (460/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| ZIP Codes | 00736 |
| Area code | 787/939 |
History
Húcares 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 Húcares barrio was 826.[7]
Features
Playa Húcares in Húcares is not a beach per se but is a tourist attraction because of its boardwalk, fishing activities and seafood restaurants.[13]
Boardwalk in Húcares
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 Húcares barrio:[18]
Calle Punta Lima, Estancias de Húcares, Hacienda El Triunfo, Las Mercedes (Calle de la Playa), Mansiones de Playa Húcares, Parcelas Invasión, Parcelas Nuevas, Parcelas Playa, Residencial Húcares I y II, Sector Calle del Pueblo, Sector Cambímbora, Sector El Faro, Sector Fanduca, Sector La Changa, Sector La Ola, Urbanización Cala de Húcares, Urbanización Jardín del Este, Urbanización Lomas de Santo Tomás, Urbanización Los Valles, Urbanización Mar Caribe, and Urbanización Santo Tomás.
