Santa Rosa, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico facts for kids
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Santa Rosa
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Circle in Sector Canta Gallo in Santa Rosa
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Location of Santa Rosa within the municipality of Guaynabo shown in red
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 Santa Rosa, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Location in Caribbean
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| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Guaynabo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.71 sq mi (9.6 km2) |
| • Land | 3.68 sq mi (9.5 km2) |
| • Water | 0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2) |
| Elevation | 266 ft (81 m) |
| Population
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| • Total | 16,904 |
| • Density | 4,593.5/sq mi (1,773.6/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Santa Rosa is a barrio in the municipality of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 16,904.
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 Santa Rosa barrio was 687.
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1900 | 687 | — | |
| 1980 | 8,072 | — | |
| 1990 | 11,985 | 48.5% | |
| 2000 | 16,981 | 41.7% | |
| 2010 | 16,904 | −0.5% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930 1930-1950 1980-2000 2010 |
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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 Santa Rosa barrio:
Barrio Santa Rosa I, Barrio Santa Rosa II, Barrio Santa Rosa III, Calle Buenos Aires, Calle Cándido Montijo, Calle del Parque, Calle El Nuevo Horizonte, Calle Flamboyán, Calle Jardines, Calle Monserrate, Calle Reymundí, Camino Juanillo Fuentes, Condominios D’ Villas, Condominios Grand View, Condominios Parque de Terranova, Condominios Pórticos de Guaynabo, Condominios Villa Providencia, Parcelas Huertas, Reparto Sector Villegas, Sector As de Oro, Sector Augusto Báez, Sector Campo Alegre, Sector Canta Gallo, Sector Cortijo, Sector El Hoyo, Sector El Junker, Sector El Llano, Sector Gavillán Rivera, Sector La Trinchera, Sector Las Bombas (Excepto Calle Ficus), Sector Las Torres, Sector Los Báez, Sector Los Burgos, Sector Los Chinea, Sector Los López, Sector Los Marrero, Sector Los Nazario, Sector Los Ortegas, Sector Los Pérez, Sector Los Rentas, Sector Los Resto, Sector Lozada, Sector Marta Ortiz, Sector Moreno, Sector Negrón, Sector Rivera, Sector Rodríguez, Sector Varela, Sector Villa del Río, Urbanización Camino del Monte, Urbanización Colinas de Guaynabo, Urbanización La Fontana, Urbanización Las Rambas in Downtown, Urbanización Monte Cielo, Urbanización Riberas de Honduras, Urbanización Riverside, Urbanización Sierra Berdecía, Urbanización Terranova, Urbanización Vistas del Río, Urbanización Y Extensión Terrazas de Guaynabo, and Vistas de Guaynabo.
See also
In Spanish: Santa Rosa (Guaynabo) para niños
- List of communities in Puerto Rico
- List of barrios and sectors of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
