Nuevo is a barrio in the municipality of Naranjito, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,004.
Nuevo was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the SpanishâÂÂAmerican 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 Nuevo barrio was 1,081.
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 Nuevo barrio:
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After Hurricane Maria struck the island of Puerto Rico, residents of Nuevo barrio waited 7 to 8 months to have electrical power restored. Several landslides affected this barrio along PR-5. Work was completed with FEMA funds in October 2021 to stabilize and make the highway safe.