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Garrochales, Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Garrochales is a barrio located in the northeastern area of the municipality of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,433.

Features and sectors

Garrochales's borders are Islote barrio and Barceloneta municipality on its north; Barceloneta on its east; Sabana Hoyos barrio on its south; and Factor barrio on its west.

Barrios (which are like minor civil divisions) 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.

The following sectors are in Garrochales barrio:

Comunidad San Luis, Sector Bethania, Sector Bosque Cambalache, Sector El Alto, Sector El Salao, Sector Factor II, Sector La PRRA, Sector Noriega, Sector Sabana, Sector Salao, Sector San Luis, Urbanización Haciendas de Garrochales, Urbanización Jardines de Bethania, and Urbanización Villas de Garrochales.

History and demographics

Garrochales was in Spain's gazetteers 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 Garrochales barrio was 950.

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1900950—
19101,33840.8%
1920979−26.8%
19301,42145.1%
19401,58011.2%
19501,5850.3%
19601,297−18.2%
19701,71432.2%
19801,96514.6%
19902,17610.7%
20002,3668.7%
20102,4332.8%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930
1930-1950 1980-2000 2010

The industry of Garrochales is cattle farming and dairy.

  • The milk industry of Arecibo on display near Sector Noriega, Jardines de Bethania and Sector San Luis
    The milk industry of Arecibo on display near Sector Noriega, Jardines de Bethania and Sector San Luis

See also

References

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  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Garrochales 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.
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  14. ^ 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.
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  20. ^ Rivera, Lilly. "MARTINEZ DAIRY: UNA VAQUERÍA LOCAL QUE ALIMENTA A PUERTO RICO [A local cattle farm that provides Puerto Rico's nutritional needs]". indulacpr.com. Retrieved 3 August 2020.


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