Hatillo, Hatillo, Puerto Rico

Hatillo is a barrio in the municipality of Hatillo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,806.^[3][4][5]

Hatillo
Barrio
Horse with festival-goer statue in Hatillo barrio
Location of Hatillo within the municipality of Hatillo shown in red
Hatillo Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°28′43″N 66°49′03″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Hatillo
Area [1]
• Total	1.81 sq mi (4.7 km2)
• Land	1.60 sq mi (4.1 km2)
• Water	0.21 sq mi (0.5 km2)
Elevation [2]	52 ft (16 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	3,806
• Density	2,393.7/sq mi (924.2/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

History

Hatillo 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 population of Hatillo barrio was 676.^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	676		—
1910	739		9.3%
1920	950		28.6%
1940	1,243		—
1950	1,041		−16.3%
1960	1,278		22.8%
1970	0		−100.0%
1980	2,700		—
1990	3,296		22.1%
2000	4,210		27.7%
2010	3,806		−9.6%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12]

Sectors

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][17]}

Gallery

Scenes in and around Hatillo, Hatillo:

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  On PR-130 and PR-2
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  On PR-130 and PR-2
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  Old smoke stack, a little distance from Santa Rosa in Hatillo

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico