Mulas
Barrio of Patillas, Puerto Rico
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Mulas is a barrio (neighbourhood) in the municipality of Patillas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 439.[3][4][5]
Mulas | |
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Barrio | |
Puerto Rico Highway 184 in Mulas | |
 Location of Mulas within the municipality of Patillas shown in red | |
  Mulas Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°03′49″N 66°01′38″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Patillas |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.33 sq mi (13.8 km2) |
| • Land | 5.33 sq mi (13.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,060 ft (320 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 439 |
| • Density | 82.4/sq mi (31.8/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| ZIP Code | 00723 |
| Area code | 787/939 |
History
Mulas 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 Mulas barrio was 823.[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 Mulas barrio:[17]
Carretera 184, Carretera 754, Sector Anón, Sector Icaco, Sector Las Delicias, Sector Neris, Sector Pueblito, and Sector Sofía.
