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18°09′55″N 66°08′16″W / 18.165416°N 66.137898°W / 18.165416; -66.137898
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Arenas
Barrio
Location of Arenas within the municipality of Cidra shown in red
Location of Arenas within the municipality of Cidra shown in red
Arenas is located in Caribbean
Arenas
Arenas
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°09′55″N 66°08′16″W / 18.165416°N 66.137898°W / 18.165416; -66.137898 [1]
Commonwealth  Puerto Rico
Municipality Cidra
Area
[1]
 • Total3.12 sq mi (8.1 km2)
 • Land3.10 sq mi (8.0 km2)
 • Water0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)
Elevation
[2]
1,663 ft (507 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total6,123
 • Density1,975.2/sq mi (762.6/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 ( AST)

Arenas is a barrio in the municipality of Cidra, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 6,123. [3] [4] [5]

History

Arenas was in Spain's gazetteers [6] 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 combined population of Arenas barrio and Beatriz barrio was 997. [7]

Historical population
Census Pop.Note %±
1910771—
192086812.6%
19301,772104.1%
19401,771−0.1%
19502,37934.3%
19603,15332.5%
19700−100.0%
19804,170—
19905,66535.9%
20006,23910.1%
20106,123−1.9%
U.S. Decennial Census
1900 (N/A) [8] 1910-1930 [9]
1930-1950 [10] 1980-2000 [11] 2010 [12]

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) [13] 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. [14] [15] [16]

The following sectors are in Arenas barrio: [17]

Calle Roque, Parcelas Blancas, Parcelas Gándara I y II, Parcelas Santa Clara, Quintas de Monticello, Sector Campo Bello, Sector El Retiro, Sector El Trolley (Talí), Sector Fanduca, Sector Isona, Sector Justo Rodríguez, Sector La Liendre, Sector Los Padilla, Sector Los Pinos, Sector Macelo, Sector Nogueras, Sector Permo Quiles, Sector Valle Real, Sector Vista Alegre, Urb. Bosque Real, and Villas Santa María.

In Arenas barrio is part of the Cidra urban zone. [5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Arenas barrio
  3. ^ Picó, Rafael; Buitrago de Santiago, Zayda; Berrios, Hector H. Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969.
  4. ^ Gwillim Law (20 May 2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 300. ISBN  978-1-4766-0447-3. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  5. ^ a b Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
  6. ^ "Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881". Biblioteca Nacional de España (in Spanish). p. 1614. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  7. ^ Joseph Prentiss Sanger; Henry Gannett; Walter Francis Willcox (1900). Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office (in Spanish). Imprenta del gobierno. p.  163.
  8. ^ "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  9. ^ "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  10. ^ "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  11. ^ "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  12. ^ Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  13. ^ "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  14. ^ "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  15. ^ Rivera Quintero, Marcia (2014), El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 (first ed.), San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón, ISBN  978-0-9820806-1-0
  16. ^ "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  17. ^ "DESGLOSE DE SECTORES Y CENTROS DE VOTACIÓN PRECINTO ELECTORAL - CIDRA 076" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 20 July 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2020.


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