Hato Nuevo, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico Explained

Official Name:Hato Nuevo
Settlement Type:Barrio
Pushpin Map:Caribbean
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates:18.2947°N -66.0996°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Commonwealth
Subdivision Name: Puerto Rico
Subdivision Type1:Municipality
Subdivision Name1: Guaynabo
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Sq Mi:3.49
Area Land Sq Mi:3.48
Area Water Sq Mi:0.01
Population As Of:2010
Population Note:Source: 2010 Census
Population Total:4114
Population Density Sq Mi:1182.2
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Elevation Ft:574
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code

Hato Nuevo is a barrio in the municipality of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,114.[2] [3] [4]

Hurricane Maria

Hurricane Maria, the deadly Category 5 hurricane that struck Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017,[5] caused flooding and damaged infrastructure in Hato Nuevo. A bridge to replace a collapsed bridge in Hato Nuevo was completed and inaugurated on February 14, 2019, nearly a year and a half later.[6]

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[7] 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.[8] [9]

The following sectors are in Hato Nuevo barrio:[10] [11]

Spanish; Castilian: Brisas del Caribe, Calle Paseo de Matilde, Calle Santa Ana, Camino Los Navarro, Camino Sylvia Rodríguez, Comunidad Alturas de Lomas de Sol, Sector Capó, Sector El Coco, Sector El Faro, Sector El Laberinto, Sector Feliciano, Sector Hato Nuevo II, Sector Inclán, Sector Jorge García, Sector La Pajilla, Sector La Paloma, Sector La Vereda, Sector Limones, Sector Lomas del Sol, Sector O’Neill Casañas, Sector Valle Las Flores, Urbanización Bel-Air, Urbanización Colina Mabó, Urbanización Finca Elena, Urbanización Greenville, Urbanización Lomas del Sol, Urbanización Mountain View, Urbanización Valle Escondido Estates, and Spanish; Castilian: Urbanización Villa Mercedes.

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: Major Hurricane Maria - September 20, 2017. NOAA. US Department of Commerce. www.weather.gov. 30 June 2019.
  6. Web site: Inauguran puente en Guaynabo que colapsó durante el paso de María. 14 February 2019. Primera Hora. es. 24 June 2019.
  7. 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 .
  8. Web site: Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget) . Puerto Rico Budgets. es. 28 June 2019.
  9. Web site: Leyes del 2001. Lex Juris Puerto Rico. es. 24 June 2020.
  10. Web site: PRECINTO ELECTORAL GUAYNABO 006 . Comisión Estatal de Elecciones . PR Government . 21 May 2019 . 20 July 2020 . es . 15 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200615181124/http://ww2.ceepur.org/es-pr/Desglose%20de%20Sectores/006%20GUAYNABO.pdf . dead .
  11. Web site: PRECINTO ELECTORAL GUAYNABO 007 . Comisión Estatal de Elecciones . PR Government . 14 January 2019 . 20 July 2020 . es . 15 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200615181201/http://ww2.ceepur.org/es-pr/Desglose%20de%20Sectores/007%20GUAYNABO.pdf . dead .