Lomas, Naranjito, Puerto Rico Explained
| Official Name: | Lomas |
| Settlement Type: | Barrio |
| Pushpin Map: | Caribbean |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates: | 18.3159°N -66.2688°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Commonwealth |
| Subdivision Name: |  Puerto Rico |
| Subdivision Type1: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name1: | Naranjito |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.92 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.92 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Note: | Source: 2010 Census |
| Population Total: | 3865 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1323.6 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 728 |
| Postal Code Type: | Zip code |
| Postal Code: | 00719 |
Lomas is a barrio in the municipality of Naranjito, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,865.[2] [3] [4]
History
Lomas 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 Lomas barrio was 994.[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 Lomas barrio:[10] [11]
Spanish; Castilian: Lomas Jaguas, Parcelas Las Riveras (Lomas García), Sector Arturo Morales, Sector Cleto, Sector Cuchillas, Sector Cuchillas Pacheco, Sector El Cielito, Sector Flor Rivera, Sector García, Sector Guayabo, Sector La Jagua, Sector La Rueda, Sector Loma Linda, Sector Lomas Centro, Sector Lomas Vallés, Sector Matos, Sector Quiles, Sector Rafael Padilla, Sector Sico Martínez (Los Pampers), Sector Susín Vázquez, Sector Tacho Vázquez, and Spanish; Castilian: Sector Tavo Vázquez (Chárriez).
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: US Gazetteer 2019. US Census . US Government.
- 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.
- 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.
- Book: Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf . 2010. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau.
- 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.
- 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. 162. es.
- 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 .
- Web site: Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget) . Puerto Rico Budgets. es. 28 June 2019.
- Web site: Leyes del 2001. Lex Juris Puerto Rico. es. 24 June 2020.
- Web site: Plan Territorial (2012) . JP PR Gov . Gobierno Municipal de Naranjito -Oficina de Planificación y Ordenación Territorial . 26 June 2019 . 43 . es.
- Web site: PRECINTO ELECTORAL NARANJITO 073 . Comisión Estatal de Elecciones . PR Government . 26 September 2019 . 21 July 2020 . es . 22 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200722071720/http://ww2.ceepur.org/es-pr/Desglose%20de%20Sectores/073%20NARANJITO.pdf . live .
