Damián Arriba


Damián Arriba is a barrio in the municipality of Orocovis, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 913.

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.
There are no sectors in Damián Arriba barrio.

History

Damián Arriba 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 Damián Arriba barrio was 839.

Damián Arriba fault

The Damián Arriba fault has been studied by geologists over the years.