Río Abajo is a barrio in the municipality of Ceiba, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 884.

History

Río Abajo was in Spain's gazetteers 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 Río Abajo and Daguao barrios (counted with Fajardo) was 1,099.

Río Abajo, Ceiba, Puerto Rico

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) 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.

Río Abajo, Ceiba, Puerto Rico

The following sectors are in Río Abajo barrio:

Río Abajo, Ceiba, Puerto Rico

, and .

Gallery

See also

List of communities in Puerto Rico

List of barrios and sectors of Ceiba, Puerto Rico

References

External links

Barrios of Ceiba, Puerto Rico