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Abras, Corozal, Puerto Rico

Abras is a rural barrio with a small urban area in the municipality of Corozal, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,262.

History

Abras was in Spain's gazetteers 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 Abras barrio was 1,183.

Features and demographics

Abras has of land area and no water area. In 2010, its population was 2,262 with a population density of .

PR-821 is the main north-south road through Abras.

Mavilla Bridge

A bridge listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Puerto Rico is between Abras barrio and Palmarejo barrio, also in Corozal.

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) 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.

The following sectors are in Abras barrio:

Abras

, and .

Abras Centro

, and .

Abras Mavilla

, and .

See also

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