Morovis Norte

Morovis Norte is a barrio in the municipality of Morovis, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,546.[2][3][4]

Morovis Norte
Barrio
Maga Street in Morovis Norte
Morovis Norte
Location in Puerto Rico and Morovis
Coordinates: 18°20′30″N 66°24′28″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Morovis
Government
 • MayorCarmen Maldonado González
Elevation
518 ft (158 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total3,546
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)
Zip code
00687

History

The United States took control of Puerto Rico from Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898. In 1899, the United States conducted its first census of Puerto Rico, finding that the population of Morovis Norte barrio was 821.[5]

Sectors
Entrance sign to Urbanización Cruz Rosario

Barrios (which are like minor civil divisions)[6] 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.[7][8][9]

The following sectors are in Morovis Norte: Apartamentos Santiago, Sector Buena Vista, Sector El Cerro, Sector El Tendal, Sector Hoyo Frío, Sector La Línea, Sector Los Russe, Sector Puente Colorao, Urbanización Brisas del Norte, Urbanización Cruz Rosario, Urbanización Jardines de Romaní, Urbanización Las Cumbres, Urbanización Quintas de Morovis, Urbanización Tajaomar, and Urbanización Villas Del Norte.[10]

  • Indio River from Red Bridge in Morovis Norte
  • Red Bridge in Sector Puente Colorao

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Morovis Norte
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
  5. 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. 161.
  6. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  7. "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  8. 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
  9. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  10. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL MOROVIS 020" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2020.


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