Dos Bocas, Corozal, Puerto Rico Explained

Official Name:Dos Bocas
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:4.06
Area Land Sq Mi:4.06
Area Water Sq Mi:0
Population As Of:2010
Population Note:Source: 2010 Census
Population Total:3060
Population Density Sq Mi:753.7
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Elevation Ft:512
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code

Dos Bocas is a rural barrio with an urban zone in the municipality of Corozal, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,060.[2] [3] [4]

History

Dos Bocas 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 Dos Bocas barrio was 909.[6]

Features and demographics

Dos Bocas has of land area and no water area. In 2010, its population was 3,060 with a population density of .

PR-807 is the main north-south road through Dos Bocas.[7]

Sectors

Barrios (which are like minor civil divisions)[8] 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.[9] [10]

The following sectors are in Dos Bocas barrio:[11]

Spanish; Castilian: Calle Leoncito Ortiz, Parcelas Ortiz, Sector Ángel Vázquez, Sector Benjamín González, Sector Bernardo Padilla, Sector Caldero, Sector Carmelo Ortiz (Los Batatos), Sector Carretera (from Dos Bocas entrance to Sector Mingo Díaz), Sector Daniel Negrón, Sector El Faro, Sector El Quinto, Sector El Típico, Sector Honduras, Sector Julio Vázquez, Sector La Mina, Sector La Santa, Sector Leoncito Ortíz, Sector Los García, Sector Los Maldonado, Sector Los Marrero, Sector Los Miranda, Sector Mingo Díaz, Sector Moncho Santos, Sector Neco Chévere, Sector Sioso Virella, Urbanización Loma Linda, and Spanish; Castilian: Urbanización San Francisco.

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. 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 .
  8. 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 .
  9. Web site: Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget) . Puerto Rico Budgets. es. 28 June 2019.
  10. Web site: Leyes del 2001. Lex Juris Puerto Rico. es. 24 June 2020.
  11. 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.