Guaraguao, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
History
Guaraguao 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 Guaraguao barrio was 763.
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 763 | — | |
| 1910 | 695 | −8.9% | |
| 1920 | 917 | 31.9% | |
| 1930 | 923 | 0.7% | |
| 1940 | 943 | 2.2% | |
| 1950 | 1,246 | 32.1% | |
| 1960 | 1,429 | 14.7% | |
| 1970 | 1,852 | 29.6% | |
| 1980 | 3,410 | 84.1% | |
| 1990 | 4,042 | 18.5% | |
| 2000 | 4,145 | 2.5% | |
| 2010 | 4,178 | 0.8% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930 1930-1950 1980-2000 2010 | |||
Sectors
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to 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 Guaraguao barrio:
Calle Ceiba, Calle Diamante, Calle Flamboyán, Calle Jazmín, Calle La Vega, Calle Laguna, Calle Manantial, Calle Peña, Calle Rosado, Calle Saturno, Parcelas López Caces, Sector Benito Guzmán, Sector Cabrera, Sector Carrillo, Sector Corea, Sector Elipio Pérez, Sector Estrella, Sector Figueroa, Sector Guerra, Sector Juana Ramos, Sector La Brecha, Sector La Muralla, Sector La Vega, Sector Landrau, Sector Los Báez, Sector Los Cintrón, Sector Los Lagunas, Sector Los Motores, Sector Los Sánchez, Sector Monte Comunal, Sector Peña, Sector Puerto Nuevo, Sector Romero, Sector Villa Isleña, and Urbanización Nieves Padilla.
