Toro Negro, Ciales, Puerto Rico


Toro Negro is a barrio in the municipality of Ciales, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 970.

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 Toro Negro barrio was 2,252.

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 Toro Negro barrio:
Casa Blanca,
Dos Bocas,
La Piedra, and Vega Redonda.