Lavadero
Barrio of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico
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Lavadero is a barrio in the municipality of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,305.[3][4][5]
Lavadero | |
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Barrio | |
Puerto Rico Highway 345 in Lavadero | |
 Location of Lavadero within the municipality of Hormigueros shown in red | |
  Lavadero Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°08′04″N 67°06′03″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Hormigueros |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.96 sq mi (5.1 km2) |
| • Land | 1.96 sq mi (5.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 131 ft (40 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 4,305 |
| • Density | 2,207.7/sq mi (852.4/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| Zip code | 00660 |
History
Lavadero 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 combined population of Lavadero and Benavente barrios was 1,047.[7]
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 Lavadero barrio:[17]
Camino Guarema, Camino Los Espolas, Haciendas Constancia, Reparto Brisas de Lavadero, Reparto Loma Linda, Reparto San Gabriel, Sector Campo Alegre, Sector Coloso Medina, Sector El Hoyo, Sector La Loma, Urbanización Jardines de la Casona, Urbanización Paseo La Ceiba, Urbanización San José, and Urbanización Villas de Lavadero.
