Pozas, San Sebastián, Puerto Rico
Barrio of Puerto Rico
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Pozas is a barrio in the municipality of San Sebastián, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,515.[3][4][5]
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Pozas | |
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Barrio | |
Puerto Rico Highway 497 in Pozas | |
 Location of Pozas within the municipality of San Sebastián shown in red | |
  Pozas Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°19′58″N 67°01′06″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  San Sebastián |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.82 sq mi (9.9 km2) |
| • Land | 3.82 sq mi (9.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 279 ft (85 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 3,515 |
| • Density | 920.2/sq mi (355.3/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
History
Pozas 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 Pozas barrio and Culebrinas barrios was 1,008.[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 Pozas barrio:[17]
Carretera 109, Carretera 424, Carretera 497, Reparto Feliciano, Sector Arvelo Rivera, Sector Colón, Sector Los Crespo, Sector Los González, Sector Los Reyes, Sector Los Rosado, Sector Los Traversos, Sector Méndez, Sector Ortiz, Sector Pozas Gardens, Sector Quintana, and Sector Valle Real.
