Palos Blancos, Corozal, Puerto Rico Explained

Official Name:Palos Blancos
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:4.98
Area Land Sq Mi:4.98
Area Water Sq Mi:0
Population As Of:2010
Population Note:Source: 2010 Census
Population Total:3458
Population Density Sq Mi:695.8
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Elevation Ft:1345
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code

Palos Blancos is a rural barrio in the municipality of Corozal, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,458.[2] [3] [4]

History

Palos Blancos 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 Palos Blancos barrio was 1,367.[6]

Features and demographics

Palos Blancos has of land area and no water area. In 2010, its population was 3,458 with a population density of .

PR-803 is the main north-south road through Palos Blacos.[7]

Monte Choca State Forest

Located in Palos Blancos barrio is Monte Choca State Forest which was declared a state forest with law # 295 on November 21, 2003.[8] [9] [10] [11] Its area is about 244.76 acres and it is located at one of the highest elevations in Corozal.[12]

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[13] 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.[14] [15]

The following sectors are in Palos Blancos barrio:[16]

Spanish; Castilian: Parcelas Medina, Sector Amado Suárez, Sector Baldino Ortiz, Sector Carretera (from Ángel Vázquez to Manuel Ortiz), Sector Colón, Sector Demetrio Pacheco, Sector El Cacique, Sector El Pegao, Sector El Siete (7), Sector Gobeo, Sector Héctor Ortiz, Sector La Arena, Sector La Loma, Sector La Perla, Sector La Pollera, Sector La Quinta, Sector La Riviera, Sector La Vega, Sector Lino Caldero, Sector Los Morales, Sector Los Rodríguez, Sector Los Bagué, Sector Los Febus, Sector Los Guzmanes, Sector Los Morales (Emérito), Sector Los Padilla, Sector Los Ramos, Sector Los Ruiz, Sector Los Velilla, Sector Maná, Sector Manuel Ortiz, Sector Marcelino López, Sector Nono Negrón, Sector Pepe Córdova, Sector Pepín Rodríguez, Sector Quiliche, Sector Rolo Pacheco, Sector Pura Molina, Sector Tato López, Sector Varela, and Spanish; Castilian: Sector Virella.

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. . 1969 . 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: Ley Núm. 295 de 21 de Noviembre de 2003. Ley que crea Bosque Monte Choca del Barrio Palos Blancos de Corozal. vLex. es.
  9. Web site: Archived copy . 2019-03-08 . 2010-08-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100816045702/http://www.oslpr.org/download/es/2003/0295c3628.pdf . dead .
  10. http://www.drna.pr.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/El-Bosque-Estatal-Monte-Choca.pdf
  11. Book: Adrian Hailey. Byron Wilson. Julia Horrocks. Conservation of Caribbean Island Herpetofaunas Volume 2: Regional Accounts of the West Indies. 7 April 2011. BRILL. 978-90-04-19409-0. 342–.
  12. Web site: Aventura dentro por el Bosque Monte Choca en Corozal. 7 June 2015. El Nuevo Dia. es.
  13. 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 .
  14. Web site: Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget) . Puerto Rico Budgets. es. 28 June 2019.
  15. Web site: Leyes del 2001. Lex Juris Puerto Rico. es. 24 June 2020.
  16. 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.

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