Caguabo, Añasco, Puerto Rico


Caguabo is a barrio in the municipality of Añasco, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 847.

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 combined population of Caguabo and Playa barrios was 1,156.

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 Caguabo barrio:
Condominio Playa Almirante,
Sector La Ferrer,
Sector La Tosca, and Sector Las Curvas de Rincón.

A "Special Community"

In 2014, Caguabo was one of the 742 places on the list of "Special Communities of Puerto Rico" Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico.