Arenas, Cidra, Puerto Rico
Arenas is a barrio in the municipality of Cidra, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 6,123.[3][4][5]
Arenas | |
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Barrio | |
![]() ![]() Arenas | |
Coordinates: 18°09′55″N 66°08′16″W[1] | |
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Area | |
• Total | 3.12 sq mi (8.1 km2) |
• Land | 3.10 sq mi (8.0 km2) |
• Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2) |
Elevation | 1,663 ft (507 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 6,123 |
• Density | 1,975.2/sq mi (762.6/km2) |
Source: 2010 Census | |
Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
History
The United States took control of Puerto Rico from Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898. In 1899, the United States conducted its first census of Puerto Rico finding that the combined population of Arenas barrio and Beatriz barrio was 997.[6]
Sectors
In Arenas barrio is part of the Cidra urban zone.[5]
The following sectors are in Arenas:[7]
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.
See also
References
- "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Arenas barrio
- 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.
- 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.
- Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
- 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.
- "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.