Islote, Arecibo, Puerto Rico

Islote is a barrio in the municipality of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 5,665.^[3][4][5] "Birth of a New World", a giant sculpture of Christopher Columbus on a ship, is located in Islote.

Islote
Barrio
Townhouses behind wrought iron fences in Islote
Location of Islote within the municipality of Arecibo shown in red
Islote Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°28′54″N 66°38′50″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Arecibo
Area [1]
• Total	9.63 sq mi (24.9 km2)
• Land	7.28 sq mi (18.9 km2)
• Water	2.35 sq mi (6.1 km2)
Elevation [2]	23 ft (7 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	5,665
• Density	778.2/sq mi (300.5/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

History

Crab in Islote

Islote 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 Islote barrio was 2,498.^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	2,498		—
1910	2,908		16.4%
1920	2,917		0.3%
1930	3,106		6.5%
1940	3,562		14.7%
1950	3,110		−12.7%
1960	2,660		−14.5%
1970	2,445		−8.1%
1980	4,458		82.3%
1990	5,785		29.8%
2000	6,080		5.1%
2010	5,665		−6.8%
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 Islote barrio:^[17][18]

Callejón del Cristo (Callejón del Diablo), Callejón Francés Apartamentos Oceanía, Comunidad Islote I y II, Comunidad Jarealito, Comunidad Vigía, Condominios Atlántica, Sector Boán, Sector Caracoles, Sector Cueva del Indio, Sector El Callejón, Sector La Vía, Sector Melilla, Sector Pasaje, Sector Piquiña, Sector Rincón Chiquito, Sector Rincón Grande, Sector Vívora, Urbanización Brisas de Palma Roja, Urbanización Brisas del Mar I y II, Urbanización Corales del Mar, Urbanización Costa de Oro, Urbanización Costa del Atlántico, Urbanización Costas del Mar, and Urbanización Reparto Maritza.

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.^[19]

Gallery

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  Cueva del Indio
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  Hallows Beach in Islote
• 
  Surfing at Hallows Beach in Arecibo

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico
• List of barrios and sectors of Arecibo, Puerto Rico