Zarzal 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
Río Grande, Puerto Rico
Río Grande () is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located on the eastern edge of the Northern Coastal Valley, north of Las Piedras, Naguabo and Ceiba; east of Loíza and Canóvanas and west of Luquillo. Río Grande is spread over eigh ...
. Its population in 2010 was 14,314.
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 Zarzal barrio was 1,191.
Features
There is a correctional facility in Zarzal.
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 Zarzal barrio:
, and
.
In Zarzal is the and part of the .
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Gallery
Zarzal, Río Grande 00745, Puerto Rico - panoramio (2).jpg, Beach in Zarzal
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 ...
* List of barrios and sectors of Río Grande, Puerto Rico
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. The barrios and subbarrios, in turn, are further subdivided ...
References
Barrios of Río Grande, Puerto Rico
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