Calabazas is a

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in the municipality of

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. Its population in 2010 was 2,768.

History

Calabazas was in Spain's

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s until Puerto Rico was ceded by

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in the aftermath of the

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under the terms of the

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and became an

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. In 1899, the

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conducted a

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of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Calabazas barrio was 746. The road to the Calabazas bridge, which is over Culebrinas River suffered heavy damages with

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on September 20, 2017, and debris was piled up in and around the bridge. One of the 16 deaths in Puerto Rico attributed to the 2022 category 4 Hurricane Fiona happened in Calabazas. Pepino Memorial Park, a cemetery is located in Calabazas.

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) 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. The following sectors are in Calabazas barrio: , and .

Demographics

Gallery

Carretera 435 km 3.9, mirando al este, Calabazas, San Sebastián, Puerto Rico.jpg, Heading east on PR-435 Carretera 4435 en Calabazas, San Sebastián, Puerto Rico.jpg, Highway 4435 Barrio Calabazas, San Sebastián, Puerto Rico.jpg, Calabazas Culebrinas River from Calabazas, San Sebastián, P.R.jpg, View of ravine near Culebrinas River Pepino Memorial Park, San Sebastian, Puerto Rico.jpg, Pepino Memorial Park Pepino Memorial Park & Funeral Home (cemetery) is located in Barrio Calabazas in San Sebastián, Puerto Rico.

References

{{Reflist Barrios of San Sebastián, Puerto Rico

History

Sectors

Demographics

Gallery

See also

References