Naranjales, Las Marías, Puerto Rico


Naranjales is a barrio in the municipality of Las Marías, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 558.

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 Naranjales and Furnias barrios was 1,255.

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 Naranjales barrio:
Comunidad La Isabel,
Parcelas Alto Nieva,
Parcelas Plato Indio,
Sector Alto Manzano,
Sector Alto Nieva,
Sector Consumo,
Sector Herrería,
Sector La Cochera,
Sector La Josefa,
Sector La Loma de los Vientos,
Sector La Trapa,
Sector Merle,
Sector Retiro, and Tramo Puerto Rico Highway 106.