Villalba Arriba

Villalba Arriba is a barrio in the municipality of Villalba, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 5,938.

History

Villalba 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 Villalba Arriba barrio was 2,917.

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 Villalba Abrriba barrio:
Puerto Rico Highway 149, and Urbanización Alturas del Alba.