Nuevo, Naranjito, Puerto Rico


Nuevo is a barrio in the municipality of Naranjito, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,004.

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 Nuevo barrio was 1,081.

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 Nuevo barrio:
Camino Don Manolo, Camino González Mathews, Camino Los Matos, Eusebio Rivera, Parcelas Hevia, Sector Aponte, Sector Bernard, Sector Bunker Hills, Sector Cabrera, Sector Cintrón, Sector Cuadrado, Sector Doña Bacha, Sector Entrada Guadiana, Sector Febus, Sector Hevia, Sector Hogar Crea, Sector La Tosca, Sector Loma del Viento, Sector Martínez, Sector Matadero, Sector Mulitas, Sector Negrón, Sector Ortega, Sector Puente Plata, Sector Santa María, Sector Siete Curvas, Sector Sostre, Urbanización Campo Bello, Urbanización Valle Verde, and Villa del Plata.

Hurricane Maria

After Hurricane Maria struck the island of Puerto Rico, residents of Nuevo barrio waited 7 to 8 months to have electrical power restored.