Magueyes, Corozal, Puerto Rico
Barrio of Puerto Rico
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Magueyes is a rural barrio in the municipality of Corozal, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 363.[3][4][5]
Magueyes | |
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Barrio | |
A view of Magueyes from Cuchillas in Corozal | |
 Location of Magueyes within the municipality of Corozal shown in red | |
  Magueyes Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°16′34″N 66°22′09″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Corozal |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.97 sq mi (5.1 km2) |
| • Land | 1.97 sq mi (5.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,499 ft (457 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 363 |
| • Density | 184.3/sq mi (71.2/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
History
Magueyes 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 Magueyes barrio was 849.[7]
Features and demographics
Magueyes has 1.97 square miles (5.1 km2) of land area and no water area. In 2010, its population was 363 with a population density of 184.3 inhabitants per square mile (71.2/km2).
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 Magueyes barrio:[18]
Sector Capilla, Sector Escuela, Sector Grego Meléndez, Sector Lechería, Sector Los Carros, and Sector Los González.
