Arenalejos, Arecibo, Puerto Rico
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Barrio of Puerto Rico From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arenalejos is a barrio in the municipality of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,064. Arenalejos is near the center of Arecibo, west of Miraflores.[3][4][5]
Arenalejos | |
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Barrio | |
![]() Puerto Rico Highway 656 between Domingo Ruíz and Arenalejos | |
![]() Location of Arenalejos within the municipality of Arecibo shown in red | |
Coordinates: 18°25′36″N 66°40′10″W[1] | |
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Area | |
• Total | 2.53 sq mi (6.6 km2) |
• Land | 2.53 sq mi (6.6 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
Elevation | 200 ft (60 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 3,064 |
• Density | 1,211.1/sq mi (467.6/km2) |
Source: 2010 Census | |
Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
ZIP Code | 00612 |
Arenalejos 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 Arenalejos barrio was 1,228.[7]
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[13] 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.[14][15][16]
The following sectors are in Arenalejos barrio:[17][18]
Calle Guzmán, Calle Oms, Colinas de Arenalejos, Comunidad Bithorn, Comunidad Carriones 1, Comunidad Carriones 2, Comunidad Mena, Égida Miraflores, Jardines de Palo Blanco, Sector Abra Fría, Sector Cielo Tapao, Sector Cuatro Calles, Sector Cuesta Colorá, Sector El Centro, Sector La Poza, Sector Los Pobres, Sector Miradero, Sector Palache, Sector Palo Blanco, Sector Pollera, Sector Rincón Prieto, Sector Tejada, Sector Yahueca, Urbanización Hacienda Monte Verde, Urbanización Mansiones Aztecas, Urbanización Villa Linda, and Urbanización Villa Nicole.
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