Jaguar, Gurabo, Puerto Rico facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Jaguar
Barrio
Location of Jaguar within the municipality of Gurabo shown in red
Jaguar, Gurabo, Puerto Rico Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Gurabo
Area
• Total	0.76 sq mi (2.0 km2)
• Land	0.76 sq mi (2.0 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation	787 ft (240 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	735
• Density	967.1/sq mi (373.4/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
ZIP Code	00778

Jaguar is a barrio in the municipality of Gurabo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 735.

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 combined population of Jaguar and Masa barrios was 1,270.

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 Jaguar barrio:

Sector Aguayo, Sector Bezares, Sector Carrasquillo, Sector Los Benítez, Sector Los Fonseca, Sector Los García, Sector Los Núñez, Sector Maldonado, Sector Mariera, Sector Marina Rodríguez, Sector Ocasio, Sector Paquita Ramírez, Sector Pérez, and Sector Rufo Avilés.

See also

In Spanish: Jaguar (Gurabo) para niños

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