Quebrada Arenas (
Spanish for ''sandy creek'') is one of the 18
barrios of the municipality of
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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. Located in the southwest corner of
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John, may refer to:
Places Argentina
* San Juan Province, Argentina
* San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province
* San Juan, Salta, a village in Iruya, Salta Province
* San Juan (Buenos Aires Underground), ...
, it is the only rural
barrio
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in the
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
. Quebrada Arenas is totally outside San Juan's municipal urban zone according to the last
census
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. In 2010 it had a population of 2,747 and a land area of , resulting in a population density of 1,116.7 residents per square mile (431.2 km
2), the lowest of any barrio in San Juan.
Quebrada Arenas has boundaries with the municipalities of
Aguas Buenas and
Caguas
Caguas (, ) is a city and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range of Puerto Rico, south of San Juan and Trujillo Alto, west of Gurabo and San Lorenzo, and east of Aguas Buenas, Cidra, and Cayey. Caguas was founded ...
to the south, and
Guaynabo
Guaynabo (, ) is a city, suburb of San Juan and municipality in the northern part of Puerto Rico, located in the northern coast of the island, north of Aguas Buenas, south of Cataño, east of Bayamón, and west of San Juan. Guaynabo is sprea ...
to the west, and is bounded by
Caimito barrios to the east and
Tortugo barrio to the north.
Demographics
See also
*
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 ...
References
Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
Barrios of San Juan, Puerto Rico
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