Bauta Abajo is a barrio in the municipality of Orocovis, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,516.[3][4][5]
Bauta Abajo | |
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Barrio | |
 View from Bauta Abajo | |
 Location of Bauta Abajo within the municipality of Orocovis shown in red | |
  Bauta Abajo Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°11′40″N 66°28′04″W / 18.194577°N 66.467852°W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Orocovis |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10.46 sq mi (27.1 km2) |
| • Land | 10.35 sq mi (26.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0.11 sq mi (0.3 km2) |
| Elevation | 2,992 ft (912 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,516 |
| • Density | 146.5/sq mi (56.6/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Sectors
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[6] 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.[7][8][9][10][11]
The following sectors are in Bauta Abajo barrio:[12]
Sector El Cementerio, Sector El Lago, Sector Guaraguaíto, Sector La Escuela, Sector La Francia, Sector La Muela, Sector La Sierra, Sector Matrullas, Sector San Miguel, Sector Taita, and Sector Toñingo.
History
Bauta Abajo was in Spain's gazetteers[13] 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 Bauta Abajo barrio was 1,603.[14]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 1,603 | — | |
| 1910 | 1,729 | 7.9% | |
| 1920 | 2,026 | 17.2% | |
| 1930 | 1,599 | −21.1% | |
| 1940 | 2,368 | 48.1% | |
| 1950 | 2,062 | −12.9% | |
| 1960 | 1,727 | −16.2% | |
| 1970 | 1,411 | −18.3% | |
| 1980 | 1,330 | −5.7% | |
| 1990 | 1,522 | 14.4% | |
| 2000 | 1,651 | 8.5% | |
| 2010 | 1,516 | −8.2% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[15] 1910-1930[16] 1930-1950[17] 1980-2000[18] 2010[19] | |||
