| Official Name: | Hato Puerco Arriba |
| Settlement Type: | Barrio |
| Pushpin Map: | Caribbean |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates: | 18.1129°N -66.5055°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Commonwealth |
| Subdivision Name: |  Puerto Rico |
| Subdivision Type1: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name1: | Villalba |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 5.16 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 5.16 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Note: | Source: 2010 Census |
| Population Total: | 7728 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1497.7 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 584 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Hato Puerco is a barrio in the municipality of Villalba, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 7,728.[2] [3] [4]
The Spanish; Castilian: Mirador Orocovis-Villalba (Orocovis-Villalba Lookout) is in Hato Puerto Arriba and offers views of the Cordillera Central.[5]
Hato Puerco Arriba 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 Hato Puerco Arriba barrio was 1,496.[7]
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to 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 Hato Puerco Arriba barrio:[11]
Spanish; Castilian: 1ra. Extensión Alturas de Villalba, 2da. Extensión Alturas de Villalba, [[Puerto Rico Highway 150|Carretera 150]], [[Puerto Rico Highway 151|Carretera 151]] Intersección 550, Carretera 151, Carretera 560, Carretera 561, Comunidad Toa Vaca (Parcelas, El Punto, La Escuela), Egida Villalba Elderly Apartments, Jovitos, Sector Apeaderos, (El Puente, El Peñón, La Zarza, Carretera 151 Intersección 562), Sector Camarones (Los Robles, El Junco, La Loma, Cañita, La Escuela, La Ceiba, Camarones Arriba, Jovitos Arriba), Sector El Nuevo Pino (El Pino, Las Casetas, El Parque, La Escuela, Calle Vieja, Parcelas Céspedes, Carretera 151), Sector Los Pinos, Urbanización La Vega, Urbanización Monte Bello, and Spanish; Castilian: Urbanización Portales del Alba.