Marías, Añasco, Puerto Rico


Marías is a barrio in the municipality of Añasco, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,658.

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 Marías and Quebrada Larga barrios was 923.

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 Marías barrio:
Barrio Marías Arriba,
Carretera 402,
Extensión Los Flamboyanes,
Parcelas Marías,
Sector El Salto,
Sector La Variante,
Sector Valle Hermoso,
Urbanización Jardines de la Encantada, and Urbanización Valle Real.