Culebrinas facts for kids
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Culebrinas
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Barrio
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Location of Culebrinas within the municipality of San Sebastián shown in red
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Commonwealth | Puerto Rico |
Municipality | San Sebastián |
Area | |
• Total | 3.73 sq mi (9.7 km2) |
• Land | 3.73 sq mi (9.7 km2) |
• Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
Elevation | 535 ft (163 m) |
Population
(2010)
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• Total | 3,787 |
• Density | 1,015.3/sq mi (392.0/km2) |
Source: 2010 Census | |
Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Culebrinas is a barrio in the municipality of San Sebastián, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,787.
History
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 Pozas barrio and Culebrinas barrios was 1,008.
Historical population | |||
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Census | Pop. | %± | |
1980 | 2,024 | — | |
1990 | 3,248 | 60.5% | |
2000 | 4,006 | 23.3% | |
2010 | 3,787 | −5.5% | |
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930 1930-1950 1980-2000 2010 |
Sectors
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 Culebrinas barrio:
Calle Torres Pino, Carretera 109, Sector Bernal, Sector Flores Rivera, Sector Juancho Román, Sector Lin Ríos, Sector Los Nobles, Sector Peter Hernández, Sector Pozas Central, Sector Quebrada Larga, Sector Toño Rosa, Sector Rincón, Urbanización Ciudad de Oro, Urbanización El Culebrinas, Urbanización La Estancia, and Urbanización Mansiones del Culebrinas.
See also
In Spanish: Culebrinas para niños
- List of communities in Puerto Rico
- List of barrios and sectors of San Sebastián, Puerto Rico