Английская Википедия:Candelaria, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico
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Candelaria is a barrio in the municipality of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 23,343.[1][2][3]
History
Candelaria was in Spain's gazetteers[4] 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.[5] Шаблон:US Census population
Sectors
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[6] 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.[7][8][9]
The following sectors are in Candelaria barrio:[10]
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Notable people of Candelaria
- Esmeralda Santiago, author of autobiography "When I Was Puerto Rican"[11]
Gallery
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Puerto Rico Highway 22 in Candelaria at dawn
See also
References
