Ceiba, Cidra, Puerto Rico

Ceiba is a barrio in the municipality of Cidra, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,850.[2][3][4]

Ceiba
Barrio
Ceiba
Coordinates: 18°12′06″N 66°10′09″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Cidra
Elevation
1,742 ft (531 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total3,850
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−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 population of Ceiba barrio and Río Abajo barrio was 1,100.[5]

Sectors

In Ceiba barrio is the Rodríguez Hevia urban zone and part of the Cidra urban zone.[4]

The following sectores are in Ceiba:[6]

Comunidad Naranjo, El Verde I, Finca Tommy Muñiz, Parcelas Hevia, Sector Agustín Cruz Ojeda, Sector Agustín Santos, Sector Carrasquillo (Sector González), Sector Delgado (El Llano), Sector Escalera, Sector Euclides Rivera, Sector Falcón, Sector Flores, Sector Garced, Sector Jacinto Hernández, Sector Joya Abajo, Sector La Frontera, Sector Las Paletas, Sector Meléndez, Sector Pablo Santos, Sector Peregín Santos, Sector Rafi Ruiz, Sector Ruiz, and Urbanización Estancias de Monte Río.

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ceiba
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
  5. 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. 160.
  6. "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.


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