Abras, Corozal, Puerto Rico

Abras is a rural barrio with a small urban area in the municipality of Corozal, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,262.^[3][4][5]

Abras
Barrio
Puerto Rico Highway 821 in Abras
Location of Abras within the municipality of Corozal shown in red
Abras Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°21′21″N 66°18′48″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Corozal
Area [1]
• Total	3.8 sq mi (10 km2)
• Land	3.8 sq mi (10 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation [2]	581 ft (177 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	2,077
• Density	595.3/sq mi (229.8/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

History

Abras 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 Abras barrio was 1,183.^[7]

Features and demographics

Abras has 3.8 square miles (9.8 km²) of land area and no water area. In 2010, its population was 2,262 with a population density of 595.3 inhabitants per square mile (229.8/km²).^[8]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	1,183		—
1910	1,314		11.1%
1920	1,619		23.2%
1930	1,730		6.9%
1940	2,110		22.0%
1950	1,393		−34.0%
1960	1,039		−25.4%
1970	977		−6.0%
1980	1,208		23.6%
1990	1,634		35.3%
2000	1,984		21.4%
2010	2,262		14.0%
2020	2,077		−8.2%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[9] 1910-1930[10] 1930-1950[11] 1980-2000[12] 2010[13] 2020[14]

PR-821 is the main north-south road through Abras.^[15]

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  Puerto Rico Highway 142 in Abras
• 
  Mavilla River between Corozal and Vega Alta

Mavilla Bridge

Further information: Mavilla Bridge

A bridge listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico is between Abras barrio and Palmarejo barrio, also in Corozal.^[16]

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  Mavilla Bridge (Ca. 2024)

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)^[17] 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.^[18][19][20]

The following sectors are in Abras barrio:^[21]

Abras

Sector Cueva de Paca, Sector El Brillante, Sector Hoya Ranch, Sector La Alcoba, Sector La Calabaza, Sector La Pollera, Sector Los Ramos, Sector Los Torres, Sector Marcelo Rosado, Sector Parcelas, Sector Víctor Pantojas, Urbanización Vista del Río I, Urbanización Vista del Río II, and Urbanización Vista del Río III.

Abras Centro

Sector Carretera (from La Capilla to Sector Sandoval), Sector Chago Adorno, Sector Charol, Sector El Convento, Sector La Capilla, Sector La Escuelita, Sector Lorenzo Agosto, Sector Los Bruno, and Sector Sandoval.

Abras Mavilla

Sector Adolfa, Sector Balalaika, Sector El Batey, Sector Los Bruno, Sector Los Mudos, Sector Los Rolones, Sector Los Rosado, Sector Los Torres, Urbanización Jardines de Mavilla, Urbanización Las Brisas, Urbanización Quintas de Plaza Aquarium, and Urbanización San Rafael.

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

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

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Abras 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. 161.
8. Puerto Rico: 2010 population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
9. "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.
10. "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.
11. "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.
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. "Censo Puerto Rico 2020". pr.gov. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
15. "P.L. 94-171 VTD/SLD Reference Map 001 (2010 Census): Corozal Municipio, PR" (PDF). www2.census.gov. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
16. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mavilla Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved June 2, 2019. With accompanying pictures
17. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
18. "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
19. 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
20. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
21. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL COROZAL 072" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 21 September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.

External links

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Abras barrio