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Quebrada Arenas
Barrio
Location of Quebrada Arenas within the municipality of San Lorenzo shown in red
Location of Quebrada Arenas within the municipality of San Lorenzo shown in red
Quebrada Arenas, San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico is located in Caribbean
Quebrada Arenas, San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico
Quebrada Arenas, San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico
Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth  Puerto Rico
Municipality San Lorenzo
Area
 • Total 10.51 sq mi (27.2 km2)
 • Land 10.51 sq mi (27.2 km2)
 • Water 0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
951 ft (290 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 2,390
 • Density 227.4/sq mi (87.8/km2)
  Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Quebrada Arenas is a barrio in the municipality of San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,390.

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 population of Quebrada Arenas barrio was 1,452.

Historical population
Census Pop.
1900 1,452
1980 1,965
1990 2,191 11.5%
2000 2,751 25.6%
2010 2,390 −13.1%
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 Quebrada Arenas barrio:

Camino Pellín Claudio, Sector Acueducto, Sector Blanca Blanco, Sector Cáez o Santana, Sector Carmelo Figueroa, Sector Cayo Félix, Sector Cruz Gómez, Sector Gerardo Villafañe, Sector Jacobo Pérez, Sector Lencho Flores, Sector Lorenzo del Valle, Sector Los Gómez, Sector Los Guábaros, Sector María Hernández, Sector Miguel Angel Aponte, Sector Ortiz, Sector Río Playita o Sector Capilla, and Sector Ventura Martínez.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Quebrada Arenas (San Lorenzo) para niños

  • List of communities in Puerto Rico
  • List of barrios and sectors of San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico
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