Celada, Gurabo, Puerto Rico
Barrio of Puerto Rico
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Celada is a barrio in the municipality of Gurabo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,160.[3][4][5]
Celada | |
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Barrio | |
Near PR-943 in Celada | |
 Location of Celada within the municipality of Gurabo shown in red | |
  Celada Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°16′21″N 65°58′52″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Gurabo |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.61 sq mi (9.3 km2) |
| • Land | 3.55 sq mi (9.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.06 sq mi (0.16 km2) |
| Elevation | 249 ft (76 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 3,160 |
| • Density | 890.1/sq mi (343.7/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| ZIP Code | 00778 |
History
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Celada was in Spain's gazetteers[6] 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 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 Celada barrio was 964.[7]
Sectors
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[13] 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.[14][15][16][17][18]
The following sectors are in Celada barrio:[19]
Alturas de Celada, Apartamentos Villas del Soportal, Parcelas Toquí, Sector Casul (Carretera 181, km 22.6), Sector Celada Centro, Sector El Abanico, Sector El Colchón, Sector El Trapiche, Sector Eugenio Ruíz, Sector Faro Gómez, Sector Felo Reyes, Sector Hernáiz, Sector Juan Acevedo, Sector La Tablita, Sector La Tosca, Sector Los Chinos Sur, Sector Los Chinos, Sector Los Meléndez, Sector Los Pocholos, Sector Los Toledo, Sector Ortiz, Sector Pepe Morales, Sector Román, Sector Rufo Ramírez, Sector Toqui, Sector Urrutia, Sector Villa Joan, Urbanización Heavenly View, and Urbanización Lomas del Sol
