Arenales, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
{{short description|Barrio of Puerto Rico}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Arenales
| settlement_type = Barrio
| image_skyline =
| image_caption =
| image_map = Arenales, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico locator map.png
| pushpin_map = Caribbean
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean
| coordinates = {{coord|18.469744|-67.107347|region:US-PR|format=dms|display=inline, title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = {{cite web |title=US Gazetteer 2019|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_72.txt |website=US Census |publisher=US Government}}
| subdivision_type = Commonwealth
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Puerto Rico}}
| subdivision_type1 = Municipality
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Bandera de Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.svg}} Aguadilla
| unit_pref = Imperial
| area_total_sq_mi = 2.75
| area_land_sq_mi = 2.74
| area_water_sq_mi = 0.01
| population_as_of = 2010
| population_footnotes =
| population_note = Source: 2010 Census
| population_total = 1983
| population_density_sq_mi = 723.7
| timezone = AST
| utc_offset = −4
| elevation_footnotes = {{GNIS|2415129|Arenales barrio}}
| elevation_ft = 308
| postal_code_type = ZIP Code
| postal_code =
| area_code =
}}
Arenales is a rural barrio in the municipality of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,983.{{cite book |last1=Picó |first1=Rafael |last2=Buitrago de Santiago |first2=Zayda |last3=Berrios |first3=Hector H. |title=Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. |url=https://archive.org/details/nuevageografad00pic/page/247|publisher=San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969}}{{cite book|author=Gwillim Law|title=Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=nXCeCQAAQBAJ|accessdate=25 December 2018|date=20 May 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-0447-3|page=300}}{{cite book|title=Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf | url = https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|year=2010|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau}}
History
Arenales was in Spain's gazetteers{{cite web | title=Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881 | website=Biblioteca Nacional de España | url=https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=9047075f-3c7e-411c-9e1e-41a2f650e1ba&page=1587 | language=es |page=1614| access-date=4 April 2023}} 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 combined population of Aguacate barrio and Arenales barrio was 991.{{cite book|author1=Joseph Prentiss Sanger|author2=Henry Gannett|author3=Walter Francis Willcox|title=Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office|url=https://archive.org/details/informesobreelc00joangoog|year=1900|publisher=Imprenta del gobierno|page=[https://archive.org/details/informesobreelc00joangoog/page/n251 160]| language=es}}
{{US Census population| align= center
| 1900=
| 1910= 816
| 1920= 903
| 1930= 880
| 1940= 1134
| 1950= 816
| 1960= 564
| 1970= 425
| 1980= 658
| 1990= 770
| 2000= 1038
| 2010= 1983
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census
1900 (N/A){{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|title=Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899|publisher=War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716033905/https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|archive-date=July 16, 2017|url-status=live}} 1910-1930{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|title=Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817181600/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|archive-date=August 17, 2017|url-status=live}}
1930-1950{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|title=Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150830033735/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|archive-date=August 30, 2015|url-status=live}} 1980-2000{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|title=Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724061852/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|archive-date=July 24, 2017|url-status=live}} 2010{{cite book|title=Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf|url=https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|year=2010|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2019-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220183043/https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|archive-date=2017-02-20|url-status=live}}}}
Sectors
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions){{cite web |title=US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm |website=factfinder.com |publisher=US Census |accessdate=5 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513190743/https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm |archive-date=13 May 2017 |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web | title=Los pueblos de Puerto Rico y las iglesias de sus plazas |first= José A. |last= Mari Mut | via=archive.org| date=28 August 2013 | url=https://archive.org/details/pueblospr | access-date=19 June 2020|language=es}}{{cite web|url=http://www.presupuesto.pr.gov/Presupuesto2015-2016/PresupuestosAgencias/229.htm|title=Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget) |website= Puerto Rico Budgets|language=es|accessdate=28 June 2019}}{{Citation | author1=Rivera Quintero, Marcia | title=El vuelo de la esperanza : Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 | publication-date=2014 | publisher=San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón | edition=Primera edición | isbn=978-0-9820806-1-0 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.lexjuris.com/lexlex/Leyes2001/lex2001001.htm|title=Leyes del 2001|website=Lex Juris Puerto Rico|language=es|accessdate=24 June 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://cpprbib.wordpress.com/biblioteca-virtual/guias-tematicas/comunidades-especiales/comunidades-especiales-de-puerto-rico/|title=Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico|date=8 August 2011|language=es|accessdate=24 June 2019}}
{{lang|es|Condominio San Carlos,
Sector La Charca}}, and {{lang|es|Urbanización Solares}}.
See also
{{Portal|Puerto Rico}}
References
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