Hoya Mala (also spelled Hoyamala) is a barrio in the municipality of San Sebastián, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,594.

History Hoya Mala 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 Hoya Mala barrio was 1,215.

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 Hoya Mala barrio:

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Río Culebrinas flooding In late May 2019, barrio Hoyamala and multiple areas in various municipalities suffered flooding, felled trees, landslides and closed highways when Río Culebrinas flooded.

See also

List of communities in Puerto Rico List of barrios and sectors of San Sebastián, Puerto Rico

References