| Official Name: | Higuillar |
| Settlement Type: | Barrio |
| Pushpin Map: | Caribbean |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates: | 18.4541°N -66.2868°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Commonwealth |
| Subdivision Name: |  Puerto Rico |
| Subdivision Type1: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name1: | Dorado |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 12.98 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 11.80 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 1.18 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Note: | Source: 2010 Census |
| Population Total: | 25785 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 2188.9 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 23 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 00646 |
Higuillar is a barrio on the coast of the municipality of Dorado, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 25,785.[2] [3] [4]
Higuillar 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 Higuillar barrio was 820.[6]
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 Higuillar barrio:[10]
Spanish; Castilian: Apartamentos Brisas del Mar, Apartamentos Camino Dorado, Apartamentos Plantation Village Apartment 1, Apartamentos Plantation Village Apartment 2, Apartamentos Plantation Village Apartment 3, Apartamentos Villas de Costa Mar, Comunidad Mameyal, Condominio Costa Dorada, Condominio Fairway Village Apartments, Condominio Ocean Villas, Condominio Villa de Playa I y II, Condominio Villas de Dorado, Condominio Villas de Golf Este, Condominio Villas de Golf Oeste, Hogar Costa de Oro Village, PR-695, Spanish; Castilian: Reparto San Carlos, Sector Aldea, Sector Arenal, Sector Costa de Oro, Sector Cuatro Calles, Sector Hormigas, Sector La Poza, Sector La Prá, Sector Los Puertos, Sector Marismilla, Sector Monte Lindo, Sector San Antonio, Sector Santa Bárbara, Sector Sardinera, Sector Villa 2000, Sector Villa Palmas, Sector Villa Plata, Sector Villa Santa, Urbanización Brighton Country Club, Urbanización Dorado Beach Cottages, Urbanización Dorado Beach East, Urbanización Dorado Beach Estate, Urbanización Dorado Beach, Urbanización Dorado Country Estate, Urbanización Dorado Del Mar, Urbanización Dorado Reef, Urbanización Doraville, Urbanización Gable Breeze, Urbanización Hacienda Mi Querido Viejo, Urbanización Jardín Dorado, Urbanización Los Prados de Dorado Norte y Sur, Urbanización Monte Elena, Urbanización Paisajes de Dorado, Urbanización Paseo de Dorado, Urbanización Paseo del Mar, Urbanización Paseo del Sol, Urbanización Paseo Las Olas, Urbanización Paseo Las Palmas, Urbanización Paseo Los Corales, Urbanización Paseo Real, Urbanización Plantation Village, Urbanización Quintas de Dorado, Urbanización Ritz-Carlton Reserve East Beach, Urbanización Ritz-Carlton Reserve West Beach, Urbanización The Enclave, Urbanización The Greens, and Spanish; Castilian: Urbanización Villamar.
In Higuillar barrio is part of the Dorado urban zone. The San Antonio community is in Higuillar.
The Spanish; Castilian: Balneario Manuel “Nolo” Morales or Sardinera beach is in Higuillar.[11]