Algarrobo, Aibonito, Puerto Rico


Algarrobo is a barrio in the municipality of Aibonito, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 383.

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 Algarrobo and Llanos barrios was 1,226.
In 2004, Algarrobo in Aibonito was one of the 742 places on the list of marginalized communities ; identified as such by the Puerto Rico Office for Socioeconomic and Community Development.

Sectors

Barrios in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores. The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.
The following sectors are in Algarrobo barrio:
Carretera 717, Sector Húcares, and Sector Subida.