Pasto, Morovis, Puerto Rico
Pasto is a barrio in the municipality of Morovis, Puerto Rico. Pasto has about 8 sectors and its population in 2010 was 767. Geography. Pasto is located in the southern part of Morovis, between Vaga and Perchas, all barrios of Morovis. To its south are San Lorenzo and Río Grande. The southern border of Pasto barrio is with Orocovis, a municipality. History. Morovis and its barrios were founded in 1818 by Juan Evangelista Rivera and Juan José de Torres and a group. 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 Pasto barrio was 1,314. On September 20, 2017 Hurricane Maria devastated the island of Puerto Rico. The landslides caused by Hurricane Maria's rains left Morovis cut off from its neighboring municipalities. In Pasto, a large boulder and landslide blocked entry into and out of the barrio, cutting it off from any outside help. Bridge access into San Lorenzo, a neighboring barrio  was cut off as well. Sectors. Barrios (which are 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 Pasto barrio: , and