Sábalos, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Sábalos is a barrio in the municipality of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 10,741. History Sábalos 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 Sábalos barrio was 2,365. Sábalos is a rural, coastal town named after the Atlantic tarpon, (), which were fished by Christopher Columbus at this location in and around November 19, 1493. See also List of communities in Puerto Rico References Barrios of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico