Magos 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

San Sebastián, Puerto Rico San Sebastián (, ) is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the northwestern region of the island, south of Isabela, Quebradillas and Camuy; north of Las Marías; east of Moca and Añasco; and west of Lares. San Sebastián is sp ...

. Its population in 2010 was 232.

History

Puerto Rico was ceded by

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in the aftermath of the

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under the terms of the

Treaty of Paris of 1898 The Treaty of Peace between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain, commonly known as the Treaty of Paris of 1898 ( fil, Kasunduan sa Paris ng 1898; es, Tratado de París de 1898), was a treaty signed by Spain and the United Stat ...

and became an

unincorporated territory of the United States Territories of the United States are sub-national administrative divisions overseen by the federal government of the United States. The various American territories differ from the U.S. states and tribal reservations as they are not sover ...

. In 1899, the

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conducted a

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...

of Puerto Rico finding that the combined population of Magos and

Eneas In Greco-Roman mythology, Aeneas (, ; from ) was a Trojan hero, the son of the Trojan prince Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite (equivalent to the Roman Venus). His father was a first cousin of King Priam of Troy (both being grandsons of ...

barrios was 1,003.

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to

minor civil divisions A minor civil division (MCD) is a term used by the United States Census Bureau for primary governmental and/or administrative divisions of a county or county-equivalent, typically a municipal government such as a city, town, or civil township. MCD ...

) 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 Magos barrio: , and .

Río Culebrinas

There is a bridge on PR-438 that goes over the Culebrinas River in Magos and when the river floods the road is closed to traffic.

Gallery

Steep hill called Cuesta de Magos, San Sebastián, Puerto Rico.jpg, At bottom of near

Río Culebrinas The Culebrinas River ( es, Río Culebrinas; pron. koo-le-BREE-nahs), is a river in northwest Puerto Rico. It originates in southwestern Lares for till it empties into the Mona Passage south of downtown Aguadilla. It goes through Lares, San Sebas ...

PR-438 Cuesta de Magos seen from Calabazas, San Sebastián, Puerto Rico 02.jpg, as seen from barrio Calabazas, San Sebastián Slanted bridge over Río Culebrinas in Barrio Magos, San Sebastián, Puerto Rico.jpg, Slanted bridge at bottom of hill, on PR-438 over Río Culebrinas in barrio Magos Cuesta de Magos, Barrio Magos, San Sebastián, Puerto Rico.jpg, in barrio Magos, PR-438 Barrio Magos, San Sebastián, Puerto Rico.jpg, Vegetation and fruit trees at bottom of "Magos Hill"

References

Barrios of San Sebastián, Puerto Rico {{SanSebastiánPR-geo-stub

History

Sectors

Río Culebrinas

Gallery

See also

References