Palma Escrita

Palma Escrita is a barrio in the municipality of Las Marías, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 507.

History

Palma Escrita 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 Palma Escrita barrio was 1,143.

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 Palma Escrita barrio:
Sector Abanico,
Sector Alto Manzano,
Sector Mayagüecillo,
Sector Palo Prieto, and Sector Zapata.