Furnias is a barrio in the municipality of Las Marías, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,474.[3][4][5]
Furnias | |
|---|---|
Barrio | |
 Location of Furnias within the municipality of Las Marías shown in red | |
  Furnias Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°14′53″N 67°00′45″W / 18.248138°N 67.012438°W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Las Marías |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.18 sq mi (8.2 km2) |
| • Land | 3.18 sq mi (8.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 758 ft (231 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,474 |
| • Density | 463.5/sq mi (179.0/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
History
Furnias 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 combined population of Furnias and Naranjales barrios was 1,255.[7]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | 442 | — | |
| 1920 | 477 | 7.9% | |
| 1930 | 488 | 2.3% | |
| 1940 | 611 | 25.2% | |
| 1950 | 883 | 44.5% | |
| 1960 | 673 | −23.8% | |
| 1970 | 643 | −4.5% | |
| 1980 | 795 | 23.6% | |
| 1990 | 1,174 | 47.7% | |
| 2000 | 1,508 | 28.4% | |
| 2010 | 1,474 | −2.3% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1900 (N/A)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[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][16]
The following sectors are in Furnias barrio:[17]
Centro Envejecientes Guajanas,Comunidad Guillermo Martínez,Sector Cosme,Sector La Juanita,Sector La Trapa,Sector Naranjales, and Sector Santa Rosa.
