Hato, San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico

Hato is a barrio in the municipality of San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 6,945.^[3][4][5]

Hato
Barrio
Location of Hato within the municipality of San Lorenzo shown in red
Hato Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°11′50″N 65°58′56″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	San Lorenzo
Area [1]
• Total	3.00 sq mi (7.8 km2)
• Land	2.98 sq mi (7.7 km2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)
Elevation [2]	699 ft (213 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	6,945
• Density	2,330.5/sq mi (899.8/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

History

Hato 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 Hato barrio was 1,028.^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	1,028		—
1910	1,033		0.5%
1920	1,334		29.1%
1930	1,611		20.8%
1940	1,790		11.1%
1950	1,669		−6.8%
1960	3,773		126.1%
1970	0		−100.0%
1980	3,971		—
1990	6,500		63.7%
2000	7,109		9.4%
2010	6,945		−2.3%
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]

The following sectors are in Hato barrio:^[17][18]

Apartamentos Urbanización Valentina, Camino Cholo Serrano, Camino Esperanza Ramos, Camino Julio Delgado, Camino Los Claudio, Extensión Tamarindos, Haciendas de San Lorenzo, Parcelas Hato, Residencial Lorenzana, Sector Buxó, Sector Cáez, Sector Capilla, Sector Carfeli, Sector Cuchilla, Sector Federico Delgado, Sector Hernández, Sector La Loma, Sector Los Adorno , Sector Montañez, Sector Muñoz, Sector Neris, Sector Oquendo, Sector Rosa, Sector Sánchez , Sector Santiago, Sector Solares Monzón, Sector Zavala, Tramo Carretera 183, Urbanización Aponte y Sellés, Urbanización Camino de las Flores, Urbanización Carfeli, Urbanización El Parque (Santa Clara), Urbanización Estancias de San Lorenzo (Avenida Mariano Olalla), Urbanización Los Caminos, Urbanización Muñoz Marín, Urbanización Portal del Sol, Urbanización Ramos Antonini, Urbanización San Lorenzo, Urbanización San Lorenzo Valley, Urbanización Tamarindos, Urbanización Villas del Hato, Urbanización Vistas de San Lorenzo, and Urbanización y Extensión Roosevelt.

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico
• List of barrios and sectors of San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico