Camaceyes, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

Barrio of Puerto Rico

Barrio in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

Camaceyes

Barrio

Culvert in Camaceyes, Aguadilla

Camaceyes

Location of Puerto Rico

Coordinates: 18°28′04″N 67°08′19″W﻿ / ﻿18.467833°N 67.138623°W﻿ / 18.467833; -67.138623[1]
Commonwealth|  Puerto Rico
Municipality|  Aguadilla
Area

[1]

• Total

| 3.82 sq mi (9.9 km2)
• Land| 3.81 sq mi (9.9 km2)
• Water| 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation

[2]

| 325 ft (99 m)
Population

(2010)

• Total

| 12,547
• Density| 3,293.2/sq mi (1,271.5/km2)
| Source: 2010 Census
Time zone| UTC−4 (AST)
ZIP code|

00603

Camaceyes is a barrio in the municipality of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 12,547. In Camaceyes barrio is part of the Aguadilla urban zone.[3][4][5]

## History

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Camaceyes was in Spain's gazetteers[6] until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Camaceyes barrio was 1,633.[7]

Historical population Census| Pop.| Note| %±

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1900| 1,633| | —
1910| 2,070| | 26.8%
1920| 2,112| | 2.0%
1930| 2,627| | 24.4%
1940| 3,763| | 43.2%
1950| 4,746| | 26.1%
1960| 3,900| | −17.8%
1970| 0| | −100.0%
1980| 10,483| | —
1990| 10,659| | 1.7%
2000| 12,138| | 13.9%
2010| 12,547| | 3.4%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900)[8] 1910-1930[9]
1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12]

## Features

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Cerro Vigía, a summit with an elevation of 486 feet, is located in Camaceyes.[13]

## Sectors

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Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[14] in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (sectors in English). The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.[15][16][17][18][19]

The following sectors are in Camaceyes barrio:[20]

Barrio Camaceyes Este, Barrio Camaceyes Sur, Calle El Castillo, Calle González, Calle Los Morales, Calle Tony Croato, Carretera Feliciano, Condominio Chalet Deville, Condominio Portales de Camaceyes, Égida Víctor Hernández, Extensión El Prado, Hacienda Andares, Llanos Verdes, Los Morales, Los Vázquez, Paseo del Parque, Paseos de Jaicoa, Paseos Providencia, Reparto Jiménez, Reparto Llanos Verdes, Reparto López, Reparto San José, Residencial Montaña, Residencial Villa Nueva, Residencial y Urbanización García Ducós, Sector Barrio Las Palomas, Sector El Cuco, Sector Feliciano, Sector La Alambra, Sector La Esquina, Sector Santos Gómez, Sector Solá del Llano, Urbanización Alhambra, Urbanización El Prado, Urbanización Hacienda Los Andrés, Urbanización Jardines de Aguadilla, Urbanización Las Colinas, Urbanización Maleza Gardens, Urbanización Montaña, Urbanización Parque La Arboleda, Urbanización Paseo Alta Vista, Urbanización Paseo Lomas Llanas, Urbanización Paseo Universitario, Urbanización Portales de Camaceyes, Urbanización Rubianes, Urbanización San Carlos, Urbanización Tony Croatto, Urbanización Villas de Prado Alto, Urbanización Villas del Horizonte, Urbanización Villas Universitarias, Villa Juanita, and Villa Universidad.

## See also

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* Puerto Rico portal

* List of communities in Puerto Rico
* List of barrios and sectors of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

## References

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1. ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Camaceyes barrio
3. ^ Picó, Rafael; Buitrago de Santiago, Zayda; Berrios, Hector H. Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969.
4. ^ Gwillim Law (20 May 2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 300\. ISBN 978-1-4766-0447-3. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
5. ^ Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
6. ^ "Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881". Biblioteca Nacional de España (in Spanish). p. 1614. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
7. ^ Joseph Prentiss Sanger; Henry Gannett; Walter Francis Willcox (1900). Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States War Dept., Porto Rico Census Office (in Spanish). Imprenta del gobierno. p. 160.
8. ^ "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
9. ^ "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
10. ^ "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
11. ^ "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
12. ^ Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
13. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Camaceyes, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
14. ^ "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
15. ^ Mari Mut, José A. (28 August 2013). "Los pueblos de Puerto Rico y las iglesias de sus plazas" (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 June 2020 - via archive.org.
16. ^ "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
17. ^ Rivera Quintero, Marcia (2014), El vuelo de la esperanza : Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 (Primera edición ed.), San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón, ISBN 978-0-9820806-1-0
18. ^ "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2019.
19. ^ "Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico" (in Spanish). 8 August 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
20. ^ "PRECINTO ELECTORAL AGUADILLA 035" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 30 January 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 25, 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.

## External links

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* U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Camaceyes

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