Guardarraya
barrio in Patillas, Puerto Rico
Guardarraya is a barrio in the municipality of Patillas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,603.
History
Guardarraya, located where the Cordillera Central mountains meet the Caribbean Sea, in 1765 was known for its agriculture, fishing and production of aromatic oils. Guardarraya is where the legendary pirate Roberto Cofresí was captured and turned over to authorities.
Guardarraya 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 Guardarraya barrio was 1,013.
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 Guardarraya barrio:
Calle Buena Vista, Calle Ceiba, Calle Monte Mar, Calle Monte, Calle Vista Alegre, Calle Vista Horizonte, Calle Vista Mar, Calle Vista Monte,
Carretera 3,
Carretera 7758,
Centro Cooperativo,
Comunidad Guardarraya,
Sector Cofresí,
Sector La Mina,
Sector Mala Pascua,
Sector Recio,
Sector San Bartolo, and Sector Tamarindo.
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