Torrecillas, Morovis, Puerto Rico


Torrecillas is a barrio in the municipality of Morovis, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 623.

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 Torrecillas barrio was 572.

Hurricane Maria

hit on September 20, 2017, and six months later residents of one of Torrecillas' sectors reported that their community of about 300 residents were still without electrical power.

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 Torrecillas barrio:
Parcelas Extensión Torrecillas,
Sector Cabachuelas II,
Sector La Cuesta de los Guanos,
Sector La Línea,
Sector Las Lajas,
Sector Ventana,
Urbanización La Línea, and
Urbanización Tulipanes.

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