Candelaria, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico

Candelaria
Barrio
Casilla de camineros in Candelaria
Location of Candelaria within the municipality of Toa Baja shown in red
Candelaria Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°24′23″N66°13′05″W / 18.406447°N 66.218092°W / 18.406447; -66.218092 [1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Toa Baja
Area [1]
• Total	4.76 sq mi (12.3 km2)
• Land	4.76 sq mi (12.3 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation [2]	312 ft (95 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	23,343
• Density	4,904/sq mi (1,893/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
Website	www.toabaja.com

Candelaria is a barrio in the municipality of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 23,343. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

History

Candelaria 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 Candelaria barrio was 1,395. ^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	1,395		—
1910	1,730		24.0%
1920	2,025		17.1%
1930	2,352		16.1%
1940	3,586		52.5%
1950	5,080		41.7%
1960	6,549		28.9%
1970	9,059		38.3%
1980	17,292		90.9%
1990	24,058		39.1%
2000	25,223		4.8%
2010	23,343		−7.5%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) [8] 1910-1930 [9] 1930-1950 [10] 1980-2000 [11] 2010 [12]

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 Candelaria barrio: ^[17]

Barriada Fidel Torres, Barriada Márquez, Barriada Popular, Barriada Aponte, Comunidad Candelaria Arenas, Comunidad Pájaros, Comunidad Villa Pangola, Condominio Quinta Real, Condominio Terrazas de Montecasino, Proyecto Pájaros, Reparto Anamar, Reparto Molina, Sector Albizu, Sector Alto El Cabro, Sector Azucena, Sector Barriada Rosa, Sector Buen Vecino, Sector Capitán, Sector Dos Abras, Sector El Guayabal, Sector Fondo El Saco, Sector Gutiérrez, Sector Hoyo Frío, Sector Juan Chiquito, Sector La Prá I y II, Sector Los Díaz, Sector Los Jiménez, Sector Macún, Sector Monte Bello I y II, Sector Monte Bello, Sector Paco Dávila, Sector Villa Clemente, Sector Villa Dávila, Sector Villa Gutiérrez, Sector Villa Kennedy, Sector Villa Olga, Tramo Carretera 2, Ubanización Las Colinas, Urbanización Altagracia, Urbanización Altura de Hacienda Dorada, Urbanización Alturas de Covadonga, Urbanización Brisas de Montecasino, Urbanización Covadonga, Urbanización El Plantío, Urbanización El Rosario, Urbanización Estancias de la Fuente (Fuente Imperial, Fuente Condado y Fuente del Valle), Urbanización Fuente Royal, Urbanización Fuentebella, Urbanización Haciendas del Norte, Urbanización Mansiones Montecasino I y II, Urbanización Quintas del Norte Calle 4 (Casas C-25, E-14, E-15, E-16, E-26), Urbanización San Pedro, Urbanización San Rafael Estate, Urbanización Santa María, and Urbanización y Extensión La Inmaculada.

Notable people of Candelaria

• Esmeralda Santiago, author of autobiography "When I Was Puerto Rican" ^[18]

Gallery

• 
  Puerto Rico Highway 22 in Candelaria at dawn
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  Puerto Rico Highway 819 in Candelaria

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico
• List of barrios and sectors of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Candelaria barrio
3. Picó, Rafael; Buitrago de Santiago, Zayda; Berrios, Hector H. Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969.
4. Gwillim Law (20 May 2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 300. ISBN   978-1-4766-0447-3 . Retrieved 25 December 2018.
5. Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
6. "Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881". Biblioteca Nacional de España (in Spanish). p. 1614. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
7. Joseph Prentiss Sanger; Henry Gannett; Walter Francis Willcox (1900). Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office (in Spanish). Imprenta del gobierno. p.  162.
8. "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
9. "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
10. "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
11. "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
12. Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
13. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
14. "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
15. Rivera Quintero, Marcia (2014), El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 (first ed.), San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón, ISBN   978-0-9820806-1-0
16. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
17. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL TOA BAJA 014" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
18. "Esmeralda Santiago: "Soy una jíbara en Nueva York"". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020.