Candelero Abajo Explained
| Official Name: | Candelero Abajo |
| Settlement Type: | Barrio |
| Pushpin Map: | Caribbean |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates: | 18.0902°N -65.8099°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Commonwealth |
| Subdivision Name: |  Puerto Rico |
| Subdivision Type1: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name1: | Humacao |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 5.80 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 4.83 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.97 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Note: | Source: 2010 Census |
| Population Total: | 5135 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1054.4 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 95 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 00791 |
Candelero Abajo is a barrio in the municipality of Humacao, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 5,135.[2] [3] [4]
History
Candelero Abajo was in Spain's gazetteers[5] 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 Candelero Abajo barrio was 972.[6]
Flood zone
In 2019, updated flood zone maps show that because of its location- where most cyclones enter the island, Humacao is one of the most vulnerable areas of Puerto Rico.[7] Humacao was working on flood mitigation plans and shared that its barrios located on the coast; Antón Ruíz, Punta Santiago, Río Abajo, Buena Vista and Candelero Abajo barrios, are prone to flooding and in danger of being completed destroyed by a hurricane.[8]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: US Gazetteer 2019. US Census . US Government.
- Book: 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.
- Book: Gwillim Law. Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. 25 December 2018. 20 May 2015. McFarland. 978-1-4766-0447-3. 300.
- Book: Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf . 2010. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau.
- Web site: Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881 . Biblioteca Nacional de España . es . 1614. 4 April 2023.
- Book: Joseph Prentiss Sanger. Henry Gannett. Walter Francis Willcox. Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office. 1900. Imprenta del gobierno. 163. es.
- Web site: Alvarado León . Gerardo E. . Sobre 250,000 estructuras están en zonas inundables . Junta de Planificación - Gobierno de Puerto Rico . El Nuevo Día . 3 July 2019 . es . 2019-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190613133412/http://jp.pr.gov/Portals/0/Noticias/Nuevo%20d%C3%ADa%20-%20Zonas%20Inundables%20%205.22.19.pdf?ver=2019-05-22-172159-483 . dead .
- Web site: Solano Quintana . Bárbara . Piden participación ciudadana para revisión del plan de mitigación de Humacao . Junta de Planificación Gobierno de Puerto Rico . El Nuevo Día . 3 July 2019 . es . 2019-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190613154623/http://jp.pr.gov/Portals/0/Prensa/Noticias/Plan%20de%20Mitigacion-05022019040248.pdf?ver=2019-05-03-140022-567 . dead .
