Negros, Corozal, Puerto Rico


Negros is a barrio in the municipality of Corozal, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,398.

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 Negros barrio was 818.

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 Negros barrio:
Sector Acueducto,
Sector África,
Sector Carretera,
Sector La Hacienda,
Sector La Planá,
Sector Lorencito Frau,
Sector Los Gatos,
Sector Los Pérez,
Sector Los Quiñones,
Sector Parcelas,
Sector Pepín García, and Urbanización Los Hermanos.