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In Puerto Rico, there are 78 municipalities and 902 municipio subdivisions made up of 827 barrios and 75 barrios-pueblo. [ a ] There are also a number of subbarrios and communities. The following is a list of the 902 barrios, some of the subbarrios, including the 40 subbarrios of Santurce, which is a barrio of San Juan and a few communities ...
Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Río Grande is subdivided into administrative units called barrios, which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions. [1] The barrios and subbarrios, [ 2 ] in turn, are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores ( sectors in English).
Río Grande barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center of Río Grande, a municipality of Puerto Rico.Its population in 2010 was 1,772. [1] [4] [5] [6]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.
Río Grande is on the northeastern coast of the island north of the Sierra de Luquillo. [7] A large portion of El Yunque National Forest and some of the highest points of the Sierra de Luquillo are located within Río Grande including El Yunque and El Toro, which at 3,474 feet (1,070 m) is the highest point in eastern Puerto Rico.
Ciénaga Alta is a barrio in the municipality of Río Grande, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,911. Its population in 2010 was 4,911. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
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 ...
Located by highway PR-3, Sector Palmer is the closest settlement to El Yunque National Forest.The sector has a United States Post Office, [2] a community center, stores and various establishments catering to both residents and visitors to the nearby rainforest.
Sabana Grande barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center of Sabana Grande, a municipality of Puerto Rico.Its population in 2010 was 1,554. [1] [4] [5] [6]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.