Ovejas, Añasco, Puerto Rico
Barrio of Puerto Rico
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Ovejas is a barrio in the municipality of Añasco, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,549.[3][4][5]
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Ovejas | |
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Barrio | |
Puerto Rico Highway 108 between Ovejas and Leguísamo | |
 Location of Ovejas within the municipality of Añasco shown in red | |
  Ovejas Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°15′44″N 67°06′42″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Añasco |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.93 sq mi (5.0 km2) |
| • Land | 1.92 sq mi (5.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.026 km2) |
| Elevation | 249 ft (76 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 1,549 |
| • Density | 806.8/sq mi (311.5/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
History
Ovejas 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 Ovejas, Río Cañas, and Casey Arriba barrios was 1,257.[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 Ovejas barrio:[17]
Égida Sendero de Amor, Extensión Aquilino, Parcelas Aquilino, Ramal 4430, Reparto Rosario, Sector Camino Arrarás, Sector Picheto Flores, and Tramo Carretera 430.
