Islote is a barrio in the municipality of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 5,665. "Birth of a New World", a giant sculpture of the explorer Christopher Columbus on a ship, is located in Islote.
History
Islote 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 Islote barrio was 2,498.
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 Islote barrio:
, and .
Birth of a New World Birth of the New World, a 360 foot (110 m) bronze sculpture of Christopher Columbus and a ship is located on the Atlantic coastline, in Islote.
Gallery
See also
List of communities in Puerto Rico List of barrios and sectors of Arecibo, Puerto Rico
References