Certenejas, Cidra, Puerto Rico Explained

Official Name:Certenejas
Settlement Type:Barrio
Pushpin Map:Caribbean
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates:18.1925°N -66.122°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Commonwealth
Subdivision Name: Puerto Rico
Subdivision Type1:Municipality
Subdivision Name1: Cidra
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Sq Mi:3.52
Area Land Sq Mi:3.42
Area Water Sq Mi:0.10
Population As Of:2010
Population Note:Source: 2010 Census
Population Total:6049
Population Density Sq Mi:1768.7
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Elevation Ft:1352
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code

Certenejas (Barrio Certenejas) is a barrio in the municipality of Cidra, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 6,049. A newer barrio, it was formed from part of Bayamón barrio, also in Cidra.[2] [3] [4]

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[5] 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.[6] [7]

The following sectors are in Certenejas barrio:[8]

Spanish; Castilian: Comunidad San José (Sector Laberinto), Hacienda Primavera, La Península, Salida para Caguas, Sector Certenejas I, Sector El Puente, Sector Juan Colón, Sector Las Palmas, Sector Morales, Sector Olique, Urbanización Campo Lago, and Spanish; Castilian: Urbanización Sabanera.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: US Gazetteer 2019. US Census . US Government.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Book: Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf . 2010. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau.
  5. Web site: US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition . factfinder.com . US Census . 5 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170513190743/https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm . 13 May 2017 . dead .
  6. Web site: Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget) . Puerto Rico Budgets. es. 28 June 2019.
  7. Web site: Leyes del 2001. Lex Juris Puerto Rico. es. 24 June 2020.
  8. Web site: DESGLOSE DE SECTORES Y CENTROS DE VOTACIÓN PRECINTO ELECTORAL - CIDRA 076. Comisión Estatal de Elecciones Puerto Rico. 20 July 2019. 15 June 2020. es. 15 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200615183531/http://ww2.ceepur.org/es-pr/Desglose%20de%20Sectores/076%20CIDRA.pdf. dead.