Puerto Real, Vieques, Puerto Rico
Barrio of Puerto Rico
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Puerto Real is a barrio in the island-municipality of Vieques, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,654.[3][4][5]
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Puerto Real | |
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Barrio | |
Starry night in Puerto Real | |
  Puerto Real Location within Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°06′18″N 65°28′34″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Vieques |
| Area | |
• Total | 10.00 sq mi (25.9 km2) |
| • Land | 7.92 sq mi (20.5 km2) |
| • Water | 2.08 sq mi (5.4 km2) |
| Elevation | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 1,654 |
| • Density | 208.8/sq mi (80.6/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
History
Puerto Real 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 Puerto Real barrio was 1,344.[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 Puerto Real barrio:[17]
Sector Húcares, Sector Hueca, Sector La Esperanza, Sector La Llave, Sector La Mina, Sector Los Marines, Sector Pilón, Sector Pozo Prieto, and Sector Puerto Real.
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Structure with cross in Puerto Real
Beach panorama in Puerto Real
Beach at Puerto Real
Bunker in Puerto Real
