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Maravilla Sur

Coordinates: 18°13′48″N 66°59′52″W / 18.230031°N 66.997902°W / 18.230031; -66.997902
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Maravilla Sur
Barrio
Historic picture where rivers converge in Mayagüecillo (c. 1898)
Historic picture where rivers converge in Mayagüecillo (c. 1898)
Location of Maravilla Sur within the municipality of Las Marías shown in red
Location of Maravilla Sur within the municipality of Las Marías shown in red
Maravilla Sur is located in Caribbean
Maravilla Sur
Maravilla Sur
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°13′48″N 66°59′52″W / 18.230031°N 66.997902°W / 18.230031; -66.997902[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Las Marías
Area
 • Total3.63 sq mi (9.4 km2)
 • Land3.63 sq mi (9.4 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation1,102 ft (336 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total1,934
 • Density532.8/sq mi (205.7/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)

Maravilla Sur is a barrio in the municipality of Las Marías, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,934.[3][4][5]

History

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The area was in Spain's gazetteers[6] 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 combined population of Maravilla and Las Marías Pueblo barrios was 1,235. At the time, the census takers didn't distinguish between the current three separate Maravilla barrios (Maravilla Este, Maravilla Norte and Maravilla Sur).[7]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1940586
195074727.5%
1960577−22.8%
1970476−17.5%
198065036.6%
19901,527134.9%
20001,89924.4%
20101,9341.8%
U.S. Decennial Census
1900 (N/A)[8] 1910-1930[9]
1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12]

Sectors

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Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[13] 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.[14][15][16]

The following sectors are in Maravilla Sur barrio:[17]

Residencial Jardines, Río Arenas Apartments, Sector La Candelaria, Sector La Milagrosa, Sector La Trapa, Sector Mayagüecillo, Urbanización Colinas de María, Urbanización El Bosque, Urbanización El Coquí, and Urbanización Inmaculado Corazón de María.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Maravilla Sur barrio
  3. ^ Picó, Rafael; Buitrago de Santiago, Zayda; Berrios, Hector H. Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969.
  4. ^ Gwillim Law (20 May 2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-4766-0447-3. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  5. ^ Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
  6. ^ "Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881". Biblioteca Nacional de España (in Spanish). p. 1614. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  7. ^ Joseph Prentiss Sanger; Henry Gannett; Walter Francis Willcox (1900). Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office (in Spanish). Imprenta del gobierno. p. 164.
  8. ^ "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  9. ^ "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  10. ^ "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  11. ^ "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  12. ^ Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  13. ^ "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  14. ^ "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  15. ^ Rivera Quintero, Marcia (2014), El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 (first ed.), San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón, ISBN 978-0-9820806-1-0
  16. ^ "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  17. ^ "PRECINTO ELECTORAL LAS MARÍAS 034" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
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