Mamey, Aguada, Puerto Rico

Mamey is a barrio in the municipality of Aguada, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,400.^[3][4][5]

Mamey
Barrio
Location of Mamey within the municipality of Aguada shown in red
Mamey Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°22′38″N 67°08′27″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Aguada
Area [1]
• Total	1.46 sq mi (3.8 km2)
• Land	1.45 sq mi (3.8 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation [2]	72 ft (22 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	2,400
• Density	1,655.2/sq mi (639.1/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
ZIP Code	00602
Area code(s)	787, 939

History

Mamey 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 Mamey barrio was 558.^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	558		—
1910	614		10.0%
1920	692		12.7%
1930	719		3.9%
1940	872		21.3%
1950	955		9.5%
1960	877		−8.2%
1970	986		12.4%
1980	1,444		46.5%
1990	1,657		14.8%
2000	2,170		31.0%
2010	2,400		10.6%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1960[11] 1980-2000[12] 2010[13]

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)^[14] 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.^{[15][16][17][18]}

The following sectors are in Mamey barrio:^[19]

Carretera 110, Sector Acevedo, Sector Adrián López, Sector Cordero, Sector Hito Acevedo, Sector La Cocorita, Sector Los Jiménez, Sector Los Ratones, Sector Nango Soto, Sector Pablo López, Sector Patrio Acevedo, Sector Plan Bonito, Sector Solares Pabón, Sector Tony Cortez, and Tramo Carretera 4417.

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico
• List of barrios and sectors of Aguada, Puerto Rico

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mamey Barrio
3. 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. San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969.
4. Gwillim Law (20 May 2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-4766-0447-3. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
5. Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
6. "Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881". Biblioteca Nacional de España (in Spanish). p. 1614. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
7. Joseph Prentiss Sanger; Henry Gannett; Walter Francis Willcox (1900). Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office (in Spanish). Imprenta del gobierno. p. 160.
8. "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
9. "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
10. "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
11. Census of Population, 1960: Number of Inhabitants, General Population Characteristics, General Social and Economic Characteristics, and Detailed Characteristics. Characteristics of the population. U.S. Bureau of the Census. 1963. pp. 97–101. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
12. "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
13. Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
14. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
15. Mari Mut, José A. (28 August 2013). "Los pueblos de Puerto Rico y las iglesias de sus plazas" (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 June 2020 – via archive.org.
16. "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
17. Rivera Quintero, Marcia (2014), El vuelo de la esperanza : Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 (first ed.), San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón, ISBN 978-0-9820806-1-0
18. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2020.
19. "DESGLOSE DE SECTORES Y CENTROS DE VOTACIÓN PRECINTO ELECTORAL - AGUADA 038" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 28 October 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

External links

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mamey