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Ceiba (Spanish pronunciation:) is both a small town and a municipality in northeast Puerto Rico.It is named after the famous Ceiba tree. Ceiba is located in the north-east coast of the island, bordering the Atlantic Ocean, south of Fajardo, north of Naguabo and southeast of Río Grande.
Ceiba barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center of Ceiba, a municipality of Puerto Rico.Its population in 2010 was 3,677. [4] [5] [1] As was customary in Spain, in Puerto Rico, the municipality has a barrio called pueblo which contains a central plaza, the municipal buildings (city hall), and a Catholic church.
Ceiba 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.
Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, nicknamed Rosy Roads, [2] [3] is a former United States Navy base in the town of Ceiba, Puerto Rico.The site operates today as José Aponte de la Torre Airport, a public use airport.
Machos 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 Machos ...
Ceiba 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.
National Register entries listed below are found in the highlighted 16 municipalities of Puerto Rico. This portion of National Register of Historic Places listings in Puerto Rico covers the eastern region of Puerto Rico, from Carolina in the northeast to Arroyo in the southeast. It also includes the islands of Culebra and Vieques.
In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the combined population of Daguao and Río Abajo barrios (counted with Fajardo) was 1,099. [7] The old Roosevelt Roads Naval Base is near Daguao, and 40% of the land in Daguao has been designated as conservation land.