Guanábano, Aguada, Puerto Rico


Guanábano is a barrio in the municipality of Aguada, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 749.

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 combined population of Guanábano and Mal Paso barrios was 723.

Puente de Coloso

Puente de Coloso, a bridge used during the height of sugarcane production in Puerto Rico, is located in Guanábano over the Culebrinas River.

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 Guanábano barrio:
Parcelas Luyando,
Sector Beníquez,
Sector Coloso,
Sector David Miranda,
Sector Las Bimbas, and Sector Militar.
In Guanábano barrio is part of the Luyando community.