Toro Negro is a barrio in the municipality of Ciales, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 970.[3][4][5]
Toro Negro | |
|---|---|
Barrio | |
 Toro Negro in Ciales | |
 Location of Toro Negro within the municipality of Ciales shown in red | |
  Toro Negro Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°12′52″N 66°31′45″W / 18.214315°N 66.529199°W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Ciales |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.55 sq mi (32.5 km2) |
| • Land | 12.52 sq mi (32.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,988 ft (606 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 970 |
| • Density | 77.5/sq mi (29.9/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
History
Toro Negro 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 Toro Negro barrio was 2,252.[7]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 2,252 | — | |
| 1910 | 1,859 | −17.5% | |
| 1920 | 2,066 | 11.1% | |
| 1930 | 2,108 | 2.0% | |
| 1940 | 2,261 | 7.3% | |
| 1950 | 2,050 | −9.3% | |
| 1960 | 1,600 | −22.0% | |
| 1970 | 1,096 | −31.5% | |
| 1980 | 878 | −19.9% | |
| 1990 | 1,118 | 27.3% | |
| 2000 | 1,276 | 14.1% | |
| 2010 | 970 | −24.0% | |
| 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 Toro Negro barrio:[17]
Casa Blanca,Dos Bocas,La Piedra, and Vega Redonda.
The Ciales portion of the Toro Negro State Forest can be discovered from barrio Toro Negro in Ciales.[18]
