Abras, Corozal, Puerto Rico Explained

Official Name:Abras
Native Name Lang:es
Settlement Type:Barrio
Pushpin Map:Caribbean
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Commonwealth
Subdivision Name: Puerto Rico
Subdivision Type1:Municipality
Subdivision Name1: Corozal
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Sq Mi:3.8
Area Land Sq Mi:3.8
Area Water Sq Mi:0
Population As Of:2020
Population Note:Source: 2010 Census
Population Total:2077
Population Density Sq Mi:595.3
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Elevation Ft:581
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code

Abras is a rural barrio with a small urban area in the municipality of Corozal, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,262.[2] [3] [4]

History

Abras was in Spain's gazetteers[5] 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 Abras barrio was 1,183.[6]

Features and demographics

Abras has of land area and no water area. In 2010, its population was 2,262 with a population density of .[7]

PR-821 is the main north-south road through Abras.[8]

Mavilla Bridge

A bridge listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico is between Abras barrio and Palmarejo barrio, also in Corozal.[9]

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[10] 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.[11] [12]

The following sectors are in Abras barrio:[13]

Abras

Spanish; Castilian: Sector Cueva de Paca, Sector El Brillante, Sector Hoya Ranch, Sector La Alcoba, Sector La Calabaza, Sector La Pollera, Sector Los Ramos, Sector Los Torres, Sector Marcelo Rosado, Sector Parcelas, Sector Víctor Pantojas, Urbanización Vista del Río I, Urbanización Vista del Río II, and Spanish; Castilian: Urbanización Vista del Río III.

Abras Centro

Spanish; Castilian: Sector Carretera (from La Capilla to Sector Sandoval), Sector Chago Adorno, Sector Charol, Sector El Convento, Sector La Capilla, Sector La Escuelita, Sector Lorenzo Agosto, Sector Los Bruno, and Spanish; Castilian: Sector Sandoval.

Abras Mavilla

Spanish; Castilian: Sector Adolfa, Sector Balalaika, Sector El Batey, Sector Los Bruno, Sector Los Mudos, Sector Los Rolones, Sector Los Rosado, Sector Los Torres, Urbanización Jardines de Mavilla, Urbanización Las Brisas, Urbanización Quintas de Plaza Aquarium, and Spanish; Castilian: Urbanización San Rafael.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: US Gazetteer 2019. US Census . US Government.
  2. Book: Picó . Rafael . Buitrago de Santiago . Zayda . Berrios . Hector H. . Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. . San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969.
  3. Book: Gwillim Law. Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. 25 December 2018. 20 May 2015. McFarland. 978-1-4766-0447-3. 300.
  4. Book: Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf . 2010. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau.
  5. Web site: Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881 . Biblioteca Nacional de España . es . 1614. 4 April 2023.
  6. Book: Joseph Prentiss Sanger. Henry Gannett. Walter Francis Willcox. Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office. 1900. Imprenta del gobierno. 161. es.
  7. Book: Puerto Rico: 2010 population and housing unit counts.pdf . 2010. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau.
  8. Web site: P.L. 94-171 VTD/SLD Reference Map 001 (2010 Census): Corozal Municipio, PR . www2.census.gov . U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau . 23 August 2020 . 22 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200822174446/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/vtd_sld/st72_english/c72047_corozal/PL10VTD_C72047_001.pdf . live .
  9. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=95000848}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mavilla Bridge ]. National Park Service. June 2, 2019. With
  10. Web site: US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition . factfinder.com . US Census . 5 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170513190743/https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm . 13 May 2017 . dead .
  11. Web site: Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget) . Puerto Rico Budgets. es. 28 June 2019.
  12. Web site: Leyes del 2001. Lex Juris Puerto Rico. es. 24 June 2020.
  13. Web site: PRECINTO ELECTORAL COROZAL 072. Comisión Estatal de Elecciones. PR Government. 21 September 2019. 24 June 2020. es. 26 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200626134424/http://ww2.ceepur.org/es-pr/Desglose%20de%20Sectores/072%20COROZAL.pdf. dead.