Río Lajas, Dorado, Puerto Rico

Its population in 2010 was 2,559.

Río Lajas
Barrio
Puerto Rico Highway 165 in Río Lajas
Location of Río Lajas within the municipality of Dorado shown in red
Río Lajas
Coordinates: 18°23′47″N 66°15′48″W / 18.396452°N 66.263465°W / 18.396452; -66.263465
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Dorado
Area
• Total	1.56 sq mi (4.0 km2)
• Land	1.55 sq mi (4.0 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation	246 ft (75 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	2,559
• Density	1,651/sq mi (637/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
ZIP Code	00646

Río Lajas 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 Río Lajas barrio was 377.

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (sectors in English). The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.

The following sectors are in Río Lajas barrio:

Parcelas Viejas, Sector Alturas de Río Lajas, Sector El Rincón, Sector Las Corozas, Sector Villa Iriarte, and Urbanización Molinos del Río.

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  PR-165 heading to Río Lajas and Toa Alta

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