Río Blanco, Naguabo, Puerto Rico

Río Blanco is a barrio in the municipality of Naguabo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,412.

History

Río Blanco 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 Río Blanco Abajo barrio was 976 and Río Blanco Arriba barrio was 959.

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 Río Blanco barrio:

, and .

See also

List of communities in Puerto Rico List of barrios and sectors of Naguabo, Puerto Rico

References