Mulas

For people with the surname, see Mulas (surname).

Mulas is a barrio (neighbourhood) in the municipality of Patillas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 439.^[3][4][5]

Mulas
Barrio
Puerto Rico Highway 184 in Mulas
Location of Mulas within the municipality of Patillas shown in red
Mulas Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°03′49″N 66°01′38″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Patillas
Area [1]
• Total	5.33 sq mi (13.8 km2)
• Land	5.33 sq mi (13.8 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation [2]	1,060 ft (320 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	439
• Density	82.4/sq mi (31.8/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

History

Mulas 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 Mulas barrio was 823.^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	823		—
1910	852		3.5%
1920	953		11.9%
1930	822		−13.7%
1940	877		6.7%
1950	842		−4.0%
1960	721		−14.4%
1970	713		−1.1%
1980	590		−17.3%
1990	454		−23.1%
2000	502		10.6%
2010	439		−12.5%
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 Mulas barrio:^[17]

Carretera 184, Carretera 754, Sector Anón, Sector Icaco, Sector Las Delicias, Sector Neris, Sector Pueblito, and Sector Sofía.

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

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