Membrillo, Camuy, Puerto Rico

Membrillo is a Barrios of Puerto Rico, barrio in the municipality of Camuy, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,459.

History

Membrillo was in Spain's gazetteers until 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 Insular area, 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 Membrillo barrio was 769.

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.

Gallery

Membrillo, Camuy, Puerto Rico beach.jpg, View of beach at Villa Pesquera in Membrillo
Bajuras, Camuy, Puerto Rico - panoramio (1).jpg, Membrillo Bajura Sector

See also

* List of communities in Puerto Rico

References

External links

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Barrios of Camuy, Puerto Rico

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