Padilla, Corozal, Puerto Rico


Padilla is a barrio in the municipality of Corozal, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,653.

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 Padilla barrio was 840.

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 Padilla barrio:

Padilla

Sector Campo Viejo,
Sector El Almendro,
Sector El Jíbaro,
Sector El Limón,
Sector Empalme,
Sector La Coroza,
Sector La Guinea,
Sector La Herradura,
Sector Layo Rivera,
Sector Los Baños,
Sector Los Llanos,
Sector Parcelas,
Sector Pepito Marrero,
Sector Virella,
Urbanización Alturas de Padilla, and Urbanización La Providencia.

Padilla Ermita

Sector Collores,
Sector Ermita,
Sector Experimental,
Sector Hormigas I,
Sector Los Caobos,
Sector Los Carrasco,
Sector Los Figueroa,
Sector Los Moreno,
Sector Los Rodríguez,
Sector Marungo,
Sector Navarro,
Sector Pablo Vázquez, and Sector Villarreal.