Cuchillas, Morovis, Puerto Rico


Cuchillas is a barrio in the municipality of Morovis, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,333.

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 Cuchillas barrio was 716.

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 Cuchillas barrio:
Parcelas Juan José Otero Claverol,
Sector Cuchillas,
Sector El Bombo,
Sector El Cocal,
Sector Gobeo,
Sector La Placita,
Sector Las Ánimas,
Sector Los Burgos,
Sector Los Otero,
Sector Los Reyes,
Sector Pimiento,
Sector Platanal,
Sector Rosado, and
Sector Sandoval.