Río Abajo, Cidra, Puerto Rico

Río Abajo is a barrio in the municipality of Cidra, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,097.[3][4][5]

Río Abajo
Barrio
Río Abajo
Coordinates: 18°11′14″N 66°11′24″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Cidra
Area
 • Total2.17 sq mi (5.6 km2)
 • Land2.17 sq mi (5.6 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation1,388 ft (423 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total1,097
 • Density505.5/sq mi (195.2/km2)
 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 combined population of Río Abajo and Ceiba barrios was 1,100.[6]

Sectors

The following sectors are in Río Abajo:[7]

Berríos, Capilla, Castrodad, Doce, González, La Vega, Los Meléndez, Los Nieves, Luna, Ortíz, Rivera, Vázquez, and Viejo Almacén.

See also

References
  1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Río Abajo barrio
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
  6. 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.
  7. "DESGLOSE DE SECTORES Y CENTROS DE VOTACIÓN PRECINTO ELECTORAL - CIDRA 076" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2020.


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