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Piñas
Barrio
Location of Piñas within the municipality of Toa Alta shown in red
Location of Piñas within the municipality of Toa Alta shown in red
Piñas, Toa Alta, Puerto Rico is located in Caribbean
Piñas, Toa Alta, Puerto Rico
Piñas, Toa Alta, Puerto Rico
Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth  Puerto Rico
Municipality Toa Alta
Area
 • Total 1.59 sq mi (4.1 km2)
 • Land 1.51 sq mi (3.9 km2)
 • Water 0.08 sq mi (0.2 km2)
Elevation
98 ft (30 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 1,354
 • Density 896.7/sq mi (346.2/km2)
  Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Piñas is a barrio in the municipality of Toa Alta, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,354.

Historical population
Census Pop.
1900 841
1910 981 16.6%
1920 1,053 7.3%
1930 1,300 23.5%
1940 1,630 25.4%
1950 316 −80.6%
1980 585
1990 867 48.2%
2000 1,076 24.1%
2010 1,354 25.8%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930
1930-1950 1980-2000 2010

History

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 Piñas barrio was 841.

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.

The following sectors are in Piñas barrio:

Reparto La Ponderosa, Sector Hacienda El Tamarindo, Sector La Loma, Sector La Vega, Sector Las Piedras, Sector Velilla, Urbanización Arboleda del Plata, Urbanización Hacienda El Pilar, and Urbanización Wood Bridge Park.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Piñas (Toa Alta) para niños

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