Hato Puerco Arriba

Hato Puerco is a barrio in the municipality of Villalba, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 7,728.

Features

The Mirador Orocovis-Villalba is in Hato Puerto Arriba and offers views of the Cordillera Central.

History

Hato Puerco 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 Hato Puerco Arriba barrio was 1,496.

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 Hato Puerco Arriba barrio:
1ra. Extensión Alturas de Villalba,
2da. Extensión Alturas de Villalba,
Puerto Rico Highway 150, and Urbanización Portales del Alba.