Maguayo


Maguayo is a barrio in the municipality of Dorado, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,496.

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 Maguayo barrio was 764.

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 Maguayo barrio:
Parcelas El Cotto,
Sector Abra,
Sector Calandria,
Sector Camino Los Nieves,
Sector Cotto Martell,
Sector Cuatro Calles,
Sector El Cotto,
Sector Los Bloise,
Sector Los Dávila,
Sector Los Torres,
Sector Maguayo Adentro,
Sector Maracayo,
Sector Martell,
Sector Maysonet I y II,
Sector Polvorín,
Sector Río Nuevo (Puerto Rico Highway 693, and
Urbanización Valle del Dorado.
In Maguayo barrio is part of the Río Lajas comunidad.