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Quebrada Seca
Barrio
Location of Quebrada Seca within the municipality of Ceiba shown in red
Location of Quebrada Seca within the municipality of Ceiba shown in red
Quebrada Seca, Ceiba, Puerto Rico is located in Caribbean
Quebrada Seca, Ceiba, Puerto Rico
Quebrada Seca, Ceiba, Puerto Rico
Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth  Puerto Rico
Municipality Ceiba
Area
 • Total 2.78 sq mi (7.2 km2)
 • Land 2.77 sq mi (7.2 km2)
 • Water 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation
46 ft (14 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 1,415
 • Density 512.7/sq mi (198.0/km2)
  Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Quebrada Seca is a barrio in the municipality of Ceiba, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,415.

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 Quebrada Seca and Guayacán barrios (counted with Fajardo) was 820.

Historical population
Census Pop.
1910 784
1920 889 13.4%
1930 1,309 47.2%
1940 949 −27.5%
1950 2,351 147.7%
1980 1,709
1990 1,076 −37.0%
2000 1,568 45.7%
2010 1,415 −9.8%
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 Seca barrio:

Barrio Daguao Abajo, Barrio Daguao Arriba, Edificio Bundy (Bundy Apartment), Parcelas Nuevas de Quebrada Seca, Sector El Sol (Calle El Sol), Sector Estancia Prado Hermoso, Sector La Luna (Calle Luna), and Urbanización Roosevelt Gardens.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Quebrada Seca para niños

  • List of communities in Puerto Rico
  • List of barrios and sectors of Ceiba, Puerto Rico
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