Río Prieto, Lares, Puerto Rico


Río Prieto is a barrio in the municipality of Lares, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 567.

History

The United States acquired 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 Prieto barrio was 1,931.

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 Prieto barrio:
Camino Ballester
Camino Rullán,
Cerro Malo,
Sector Boquilla,
Sector La Monserrate,
Sector Los Márquez,
Sector Vélez,
Sector Vilella and
Tramo Carretera 431.