Juncal, San Sebastián, Puerto Rico
Barrio of Puerto Rico
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Juncal is a barrio in the municipality of San Sebastián, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,926.[3][4][5]
Juncal | |
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Barrio | |
A home on PR-111 in Juncal from a mountain across the street | |
 Location of Juncal within the municipality of San Sebastián shown in red | |
  Juncal Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°18′31″N 66°55′13″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  San Sebastián |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.3 sq mi (8.5 km2) |
| • Land | 3.3 sq mi (8.5 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 869 ft (265 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 1,926 |
| • Density | 583.6/sq mi (225.3/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
History
Juncal 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 Juncal barrio was 761.[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]
The following sectors are in Juncal barrio:[17]
Carretera 111, Sector Ballajá, Sector Iglesia Adventista (Rodríguez), Sector Juncal Centro, Sector Pueblito, Sector Santiago, and Sector Terraza de Santiago.
