Candelaria is a
barrio
''Barrio'' () is a Spanish language, Spanish word that means "Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter" or "neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city, usually delimited by functional (e.g. residenti ...
in the municipality of
Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 23,343.
History
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 Candelaria barrio was 1,395.
Sectors
Barrios (which are 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 Candelaria barrio:
, and .
Notable people of Candelaria
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Esmeralda Santiago, author of autobiography "
When I Was Puerto Rican
''When I Was Puerto Rican'' is a 1993 autobiography written by Puerto Rican native Esmeralda Santiago. It is the first of three installments, followed by '' Almost a Woman'' and '' The Turkish Lover''. This first book begins by describing Sant ...
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See also
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List of communities in Puerto Rico
In Puerto Rico, there are 78 municipalities and 902 municipio subdivisions made up of 827 barrios and 75 barrios-pueblo. There are also a number of subbarrios and communities. The following is a list of the 902 barrios, some of the subbarrios, i ...
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List of barrios and sectors of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Toa Baja is subdivided into administrative units called barrios, which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions, (and means ''wards'' or ''boroughs'' or ''neighborhoods'' in En ...
References
Barrios of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
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