Frontón, Ciales, Puerto Rico

Frontón is a barrio in the municipality of Ciales, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,228.[2][3][4]

Frontón
Barrio
Frontón
Coordinates: 18°18′30″N 66°33′31″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Ciales
Elevation
1,129 ft (344 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total2,228
 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 Frontón barrio was 3,706.[5]

Sectors

The following sectores are in Frontón:[6]

Comunidad Ana Rosario, Comunidad El Perico, Comunidad Juan Pino, Comunidad Los Burgos, Comunidad Los González, Comunidad Quique Pagan, Comunidad San Virón, Parcelas Seguí Nueva, Parcelas Seguí Vieja, Comunidad Sumidero, Sector Atrecho, Sector Garau, Sector La Aldea, Sector Limón, Sector Raynes, Sector Sabana, and Sector Yunes.

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Frontón Barrio
  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. 161.
  6. "DESGLOSE DE SECTORES Y CENTROS DE VOTACIÓN" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2020.


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