Yaurel, Arroyo, Puerto Rico

Yaurel (Barrio Yaurel) is a barrio in the municipality of Arroyo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,589.

History
Yaurel 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 Yaurel barrio was 1,333.

Special community
Since 2001 when law 1-2001 was passed, measures have been taken to identify and address the high levels of poverty and the lack of resources and opportunities affecting specific communities in Puerto Rico. Initially there were 686 places that made the list. By 2008, there were 742 places on the list of Comunidades especiales de Puerto Rico. The places on the list are barrios, communities, sectors, or neighborhoods and in 2004, Yaurel barrio made the list.