Calabazas, San Sebastián, Puerto Rico

Calabazas is a barrio in the municipality of San Sebastián, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,768.[3][4][5]

Calabazas
Barrio
Street and homes in Calabazas
Street and homes in Calabazas
Location of Calabazas within the municipality of San Sebastián shown in red
Location of Calabazas within the municipality of San Sebastián shown in red
Calabazas is located in Caribbean
Calabazas
Calabazas
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°18′07″N 66°58′38″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality San Sebastián
Area
[1]
 • Total5.69 sq mi (14.7 km2)
 • Land5.69 sq mi (14.7 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
[2]
643 ft (196 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total2,768
 • Density486.5/sq mi (187.8/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)

History

The barrio was in Spain's gazetteers[6] until 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 Calabazas barrio was 746.[7]

The road to the Calabazas bridge, which is over Culebrinas River suffered heavy damages with Hurricane Maria on September 20, 2017, and debris was piled up in and around the bridge.[8]

One of the 16 deaths in Puerto Rico attributed to the 2022 category 4 Hurricane Fiona happened in Calabazas.[9]

Pepino Memorial Park, a cemetery is located in Calabazas.

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[10] 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.[11][12][13]

The following sectors are in Calabazas barrio:[14]

Carretera 111, Carretera 4435, Residencial Jardines de Piedras Blancas, Sector Audeliz Torres, Sector Bartolo Cordero, Sector Cataño, Sector El Refugio, Sector Jandino Ruiz, Sector La Loma, Sector Los Tanques,[15] Sector Lupe Mártir, Sector Mamey, Sector Orta, Sector Pablo Nieves (Los Pinos), Sector Quinto Ríos, Sector Rancho Grande, Sector Rubén Hernández, Sector Toño Mestre, Urbanización Jardines Villy Ana, Urbanización Raholisa, Urbanización Venturini, and Urbanización Villas de Piedras Blancas.

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1900746—
19401,383—
19501,78429.0%
19601,537−13.8%
19801,772—
19902,12620.0%
20002,45815.6%
20102,76812.6%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900)[16] 1910-1930[17]
1930-1950[18] 1980-2000[19] 2010[20]
  • Scenes in Calabazas
  • Heading east on PR-435
    Heading east on PR-435
  • Highway 4435
    Highway 4435
  • Calabazas
    Calabazas
  • View of ravine near Culebrinas River
    View of ravine near Culebrinas River
  • Pepino Memorial Park
    Pepino Memorial Park

See also

References
  1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Calabazas 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. "Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881". Biblioteca Nacional de España (in Spanish). p. 1614. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  7. 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.
  8. Bren, Sophi (25 September 2017). "Puente De Calabaza en San Sebastián Puerto Rico Septiembre 24, 2017 Huracán María" – via YouTube.
  9. "Relacionan 16 muertes a los efectos del paso del huracán Fiona". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 24 September 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  10. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  11. "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  12. Rivera Quintero, Marcia (2014), El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 (first ed.), San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón, ISBN 978-0-9820806-1-0
  13. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  14. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL SAN SEBASTIÁN 033" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 19 October 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  15. "Sector Los Tanques San Sebastián". Conéctate TV (in Spanish). 29 April 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  16. "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  17. "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  18. "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  19. "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  20. Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
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