Pesas is a barrio in the municipality of Ciales, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,361.[3][4][5]
Pesas | |
|---|---|
Barrio | |
 Location of Pesas within the municipality of Ciales shown in red | |
  Pesas Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°18′08″N 66°29′24″W / 18.302166°N 66.490008°W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Ciales |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.55 sq mi (11.8 km2) |
| • Land | 4.55 sq mi (11.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,096 ft (334 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,361 |
| • Density | 518.9/sq mi (200.3/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
History
Pesas 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 Pesas (Pesa as it was called) was 994.[7]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 994 | — | |
| 1910 | 1,065 | 7.1% | |
| 1920 | 1,109 | 4.1% | |
| 1930 | 1,121 | 1.1% | |
| 1940 | 1,454 | 29.7% | |
| 1950 | 2,038 | 40.2% | |
| 1960 | 1,819 | −10.7% | |
| 1970 | 1,372 | −24.6% | |
| 1980 | 1,693 | 23.4% | |
| 1990 | 1,803 | 6.5% | |
| 2000 | 2,067 | 14.6% | |
| 2010 | 2,361 | 14.2% | |
| 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 Pesas barrio:[17]
Parcelas María,Sector Capilla,Sector Cerro Gordo,Sector La Cuarta,Sector Las Cañas,Sector Los Arocho,Sector Los Cruz,Sector Peñonales,Sector Puente,Sector Tortuguero, and Urbanización Los Llanos.
