Morovis Norte

Morovis Norte is a barrio in the municipality of Morovis, Puerto Rico. Morovis Norte has about 15 sectors and its population in 2010 was 3,546.

History

Morovis Norte 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 Morovis Norte barrio was 821.
Puente Colorao at kilometer 50 on PR-155 and over the Indio River in Morovis Norte, leads to the expressway and to Morovis barrio-pueblo, the downtown area with the municipal buildings and a number of stores. It is a bridge that was built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1913. In June 2020, it was closed for repairs. Bridge repairs were completed and the bridge reopened for traffic in late 2023.

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 Morovis Norte barrio:
Apartamentos Santiago,
Sector Buena Vista,
Sector El Cerro,
Sector El Tendal,
Sector Hoyo Frío,
Sector La Línea,
Sector Los Russe,
Sector Puente Colorao,
Urbanización Brisas del Norte,
Urbanización Cruz Rosario,
Urbanización Jardines de Romaní,
Urbanización Las Cumbres,
Urbanización Quintas de Morovis,
Urbanización Tajaomar, and
Urbanización Villas Del Norte.