Cuchillas, Corozal, Puerto Rico Explained

Official Name:Cuchillas
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:2.69
Area Land Sq Mi:2.69
Area Water Sq Mi:0
Population As Of:2010
Population Note:Source: 2010 Census
Population Total:1551
Population Density Sq Mi:576.6
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Elevation Ft:1549
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code

Cuchillas is a rural barrio in the municipality of Corozal, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,551.[2] [3] [4]

History

Cuchillas 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 Cuchillas barrio was 585.[6]

Boundaries

Cuchillas is located in the northwestern section of Corozal. Cuchillas shares a border with Padilla, Negros, Palmarito and Magueyes, all barrios of Corozal as well as with Cuchillas in Morovis municipality. The Río Grande de Manatí runs along the southern border of Cuchillas, between Cuchillas and Magueyes and intersects with the Orocovis River.[7]

Features and demographics

Cuchillas has of land area and no water area. In 2010, its population was 1,551 with a population density of .[8]

Sectors

Barrios (which are now like minor civil divisions)[9] 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.[10] [11]

The following sectors are in Cuchillas barrio:[12]

Spanish; Castilian: Sector Berio, Sector Car Wash, Sector Collazo, Sector Guayabo, Sector Hormigas II, Sector La Pajona, Sector Los Cocos, Sector Los Indios, Sector Los Rosado, Sector Millo Santiago, Sector Siquín Morales, Sector Tivo Vázquez, and Spanish; Castilian: Sector Toñito Santiago.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: US Gazetteer 2019. US Census. US Government. 2020-06-30. 2020-01-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20200116044518/https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_72.txt. live.
  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. 2018-12-29. 2017-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20170220183043/https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf. live.
  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: Mapa de Municipios y Barrios - Corozal - Memoria Núm. 61 . 1955 . Junta de Planificación de Puerto Rico . 19 . es.
  8. Book: Puerto Rico: 2010 population and housing unit counts.pdf. 2010. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2018-12-29. 2017-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20170220183043/https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf. live.
  9. 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 .
  10. Web site: Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget). Puerto Rico Budgets. es. 28 June 2019. 28 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190628234856/http://www.presupuesto.pr.gov/Presupuesto2015-2016/PresupuestosAgencias/229.htm. live.
  11. Web site: Leyes del 2001. Lex Juris Puerto Rico. es. 24 June 2020. 14 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180914224408/http://www.lexjuris.com/lexlex/Leyes2001/lex2001001.htm. live.
  12. 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. live.

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