Río Lajas, Toa Alta, Puerto Rico


Río Lajas is a barrio in the municipality of Toa Alta, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,566.

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 Río Lajas barrio was 973.

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 Río Lajas barrio:
Calles:,
Sector Jazmín,
Sector La Cuchilla,
Sector Marrero,
Sector Marzán,
Sector Nilo,
Sector Rivera, Sector Ayala,
Sector Rufo Rodríguez,
Urbanización Haciendas de Dorado,
Urbanización Valle del Paraíso,
Urbanización Vista del Río I, and Urbanización Vista del Río III.