Quebradillas, Barranquitas, Puerto Rico
Barrio of Puerto Rico
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Quebradillas is a barrio in the municipality of Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 6,035.[3][4][5]
Quebradillas | |
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Barrio | |
Agricultural landscape in Quebradillas | |
 Location of Quebradillas within the municipality of Barranquitas shown in red | |
  Quebradillas Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°13′30″N 66°17′21″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Barranquitas |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.27 sq mi (16.2 km2) |
| • Land | 6.27 sq mi (16.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,768 ft (539 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 6,035 |
| • Density | 337.3/sq mi (130.2/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| ZIP Code | 00794 |
| Area code | 787/939 |
History
Quebradillas 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 Quebradillas barrio was 1,051.[7]
Gallery
Puerto Rico Highway 779 in Quebradillas barrio
Puerto Rico Highway 7773 in Quebradillas barrio
Hotel El Barranquitas, (c. 1950) in Quebradillas was well-known in the 1960s and 1970s
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