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Lavadero
Barrio
Location of Lavadero within the municipality of Hormigueros shown in red
Location of Lavadero within the municipality of Hormigueros shown in red
Lavadero is located in Caribbean
Lavadero
Lavadero
Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth  Puerto Rico
Municipality Hormigueros
Area
 • Total 1.96 sq mi (5.1 km2)
 • Land 1.96 sq mi (5.1 km2)
 • Water 0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
131 ft (40 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 4,305
 • Density 2,207.7/sq mi (852.4/km2)
  Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)
Zip code
00660

Lavadero is a barrio in the municipality of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,305.

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 Lavadero and Benavente barrios was 1,047.

Historical population
Census Pop.
1910 848
1920 987 16.4%
1930 940 −4.8%
1940 1,191 26.7%
1950 1,114 −6.5%
1980 2,299
1990 3,016 31.2%
2000 4,092 35.7%
2010 4,305 5.2%
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 Lavadero barrio:

Camino Guarema, Camino Los Espolas, Haciendas Constancia, Reparto Brisas de Lavadero, Reparto Loma Linda, Reparto San Gabriel, Sector Campo Alegre, Sector Coloso Medina, Sector El Hoyo, Sector La Loma, Urbanización Jardines de la Casona, Urbanización Paseo La Ceiba, Urbanización San José, and Urbanización Villas de Lavadero.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Lavadero (Hormigueros) para niños

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