Buenos Aires, Lares, Puerto Rico facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Buenos Aires
Barrio
Hills in Buenos Aires
Location of Buenos Aires barrio within the municipality of Lares shown in red
Buenos Aires, Lares, Puerto Rico Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Lares
Area
• Total	6 sq mi (20 km2)
• Land	6 sq mi (20 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation	1,516 ft (462 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	2,291
• Density	381.8/sq mi (147.4/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Buenos Aires is a barrio in the municipality of Lares, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,291.

History

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 Buenos Aires barrio was 1,449.

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) and subbarrios, 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 Buenos Aires barrio:

Carretera Acueducto, Finca Magraner, Hacienda Delgado, La Pepa, Sector Alto Grande, Sector Jobos Mario, Sector Jobos, Sector La América, Sector La Gloria, Sector La Matilde, Sector Matías, Sector Miján, Sector Morell, Sector Palmasola, Sector Tostero, Tramo Carretera 128, and Tramo Carretera 129.

See also

In Spanish: Buenos Aires (Lares) para niños

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