Hato Arriba is a barrio in the municipality of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 8,495.[3][4][5]
Hato Arriba | |
|---|---|
Barrio | |
 Location of Hato Arriba within the municipality of Arecibo shown in red | |
  Hato Arriba Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°26′13″N 66°44′43″W / 18.436879°N 66.745201°W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Arecibo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.81 sq mi (12.5 km2) |
| • Land | 4.81 sq mi (12.5 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 292 ft (89 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 8,495 |
| • Density | 1,766.1/sq mi (681.9/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
History
Hato 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 Arriba barrio was 1,751.[7]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 1,751 | — | |
| 1910 | 1,746 | −0.3% | |
| 1920 | 2,317 | 32.7% | |
| 1930 | 2,756 | 18.9% | |
| 1940 | 2,821 | 2.4% | |
| 1950 | 3,137 | 11.2% | |
| 1960 | 4,326 | 37.9% | |
| 1970 | 0 | −100.0% | |
| 1980 | 5,803 | — | |
| 1990 | 7,185 | 23.8% | |
| 2000 | 7,947 | 10.6% | |
| 2010 | 8,495 | 6.9% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[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 Hato Arriba barrio:[17][18]
Sector Juncos,Urbanización El Monte, and Urbanización Paseo Los Ángeles.
