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Barrio of Río Grande, Puerto Rico From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mameyes II is a barrio in the municipality of Río Grande, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,732.[3][4][5]
Mameyes II | |
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Barrio | |
![]() El Yunque Rain Forest and Mt. Britton Tower as seen from Mameyes II | |
![]() Location of Mameyes II within the municipality of Río Grande shown in red | |
Coordinates: 18°20′26″N 65°45′56″W[1] | |
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Area | |
• Total | 10.89 sq mi (28.2 km2) |
• Land | 10.63 sq mi (27.5 km2) |
• Water | 0.26 sq mi (0.7 km2) |
Elevation | 1,276 ft (389 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 2,732 |
• Density | 257/sq mi (99/km2) |
Source: 2010 Census | |
Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Mameyes II 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 Mameyes II barrio was 2,070.[7]
Several upscale resorts are located in Mameyes II.[13]
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]
The following sectors are in Mameyes II barrio:[18][19]
Apartamentos Beacon Hills Terrace, Apartamentos Río Mar, Apartamentos Villa Las Brisas, Área Forestal del Yunque, Barcelona, Condominio Ocean Sixteen, Condominio Villas del Carmen, Florida, Hill Side Village, La Vega, Parcelas Figueroa Nuevas, Playa del Yunque, Río Mar Village, Sector Palmer, Urbanización Beacon Hills Estates, Urbanización Colina, Urbanización Colinas del Yunque, Urbanización Las Vistas de Río Mar, and Urbanización Río Mar.
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