Perchas 1
Barrio of San Sebastián, Puerto Rico
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Perchas 1 is a barrio in the municipality of San Sebastián, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 902.[3][4][5]
Perchas 1 | |
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Barrio | |
Sign at start of Perchas 1 entrance | |
 Location of Perchas 1 within the municipality of San Sebastián shown in red | |
  Perchas 1 Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°17′21″N 66°55′38″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  San Sebastián |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.04 sq mi (5.3 km2) |
| • Land | 2.04 sq mi (5.3 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 932 ft (284 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 902 |
| • Density | 442.2/sq mi (170.7/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
History
Perchas 1 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 combined population of Perchas 1 and Perchas 2 barrios was 1,429.[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 Perchas 1 barrio:[17]
Carretera 435, Carretera 4435, and Sector Quebrada Las Cañas.
