Ciénaga Baja

Ciénaga Baja is a barrio in the municipality of Río Grande, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 18,385.[3][4][5]

Ciénaga Baja
Barrio
Location of Ciénaga Baja within the municipality of Río Grande shown in red
Location of Ciénaga Baja within the municipality of Río Grande shown in red
Ciénaga Baja is located in Caribbean
Ciénaga Baja
Ciénaga Baja
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°22′47″N 65°51′04″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Río Grande
Area
[1]
 • Total5.87 sq mi (15.2 km2)
 • Land5.87 sq mi (15.2 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
[2]
23 ft (7 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total18,385
 • Density3,132/sq mi (1,209/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 Ciénaga barrio (which are Ciénaga Bajo and Ciénaga Alta) was 1,610.[7]

As far as Río Grande is from the epicenter of the 6.3 earthquake that struck Puerto Rico on January 7, some residents in Ciénaga Baja stated they felt the earthquake and stated they lost electrical power in their homes.[8]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
19101,047—
19201,20515.1%
19301,72843.4%
19401,8678.0%
19502,40428.8%
19603,44343.2%
198013,946—
199017,80527.7%
200018,2202.3%
201018,3850.9%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900)[9] 1910-1930[10]
1930-1950[11] 1980-2000[12] 2010[13]

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[14] 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.[15][16][17]

The following sectors are in Ciénaga Baja barrio:[18][19]

Apartamentos Miradores del Yunque, Camino Los Rivera, Carretera 959, Comunidad Casiano Cepeda, Condominio Portales de Río Grande, Condominio Portales del Yunque, Condominio Río Grande for The Elderly, Égida Río Dorado Elderly (Sampayo Inc.), Extensión Estancias del Sol, Parcelas Estancias del Sol, Parcelas La Ponderosa, Parcelas Las Dolores, Parcelas Monte Bello, Residencial Galateo, Sector Las Flores Interior, Río Grande Hills, Sector El Hoyo, Sector Las Flores, Sector Monte Flores, Urbanización Alturas de Río Grande, Urbanización Jardines de Río Grande, Urbanización Montecillo, Urbanización Pedregales, Urbanización Proyecto Casa Verde, Urbanización Proyecto Finca Galateo, Urbanización Villas de Cambalache I y II, Urbanización Villas de Río Grande, and Urbanización Vistas de Río Grande I y II.

In Ciénaga Baja is the La Dolores comunidad, and part of the Río Grande urban area.[20]

See also

References
  1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ciénaga Baja 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. 162.
  8. "Strong mag. 6.3 earthquake - Puerto Rico Region on Tuesday, 7 January 2020 - information :". information : 1036 experience reports / VolcanoDiscovery. 2020-01-07. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
  9. "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.
  10. "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.
  11. "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.
  12. "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.
  13. 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.
  14. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  15. "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  16. 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
  17. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  18. "DESGLOSE DE SECTORES Y CENTROS DE VOTACIÓN PRECINTO ELECTORAL - RÍO GRANDE 101" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 14 September 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  19. "DESGLOSE DE SECTORES Y CENTROS DE VOTACIÓN PRECINTO ELECTORAL - RÍO GRANDE 102" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 14 September 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  20. Río Grande y sus barrios, Censo de los Estados Unidos


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