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Playa Sardinas I

Coordinates: 18°18′09″N 65°18′29″W / 18.302512°N 65.308135°W / 18.302512; -65.308135
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Playa Sardinas I
Barrio
Playa Melones in Playa Sardinas I
Playa Melones in Playa Sardinas I
Map of Culebra highlighting Playa Sardinas I
Map of Culebra highlighting Playa Sardinas I
Playa Sardinas I is located in Puerto Rico
Playa Sardinas I
Playa Sardinas I
Coordinates: 18°18′09″N 65°18′29″W / 18.302512°N 65.308135°W / 18.302512; -65.308135[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Culebra
Area
 • Total
6.53 sq mi (16.9 km2)
 • Land0.19 sq mi (0.5 km2)
 • Water6.34 sq mi (16.4 km2)
Elevation0 ft (0 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total
186
 • Density978.9/sq mi (378.0/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)
ZIP Code
00775

Playa Sardinas I is a barrio in the municipality of Culebra, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 186.[3][4][5]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
195023
19603343.5%
19700−100.0%
198044
1990119170.5%
200013614.3%
201018636.8%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900)[6] 1910-1930[7]
1930-1950[8] 1980-2000[9] 2010[10]

Features

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In 2010, Playa Sardinas I had 0.19 square miles (0.49 km2) of land area and a population of 186 with a population density of 978.9 persons per square mile.[5]

Playa Melones is a secluded beach in Playa Sardinas I which is good for snorkeling.[11]

Sectors

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Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[12] 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.[13][14][15]

The following sectors are in Playa Sardinas I barrio:[16]

Égida Felipa Serrano.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Playa Sardinas I barrio
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Gwillim Law (20 May 2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-4766-0447-3. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  5. ^ a b Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
  6. ^ "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  7. ^ "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  8. ^ "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  9. ^ "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  10. ^ Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  11. ^ "Playa Melones". Discover Puerto Rico. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  12. ^ "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  13. ^ "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  14. ^ Rivera Quintero, Marcia (2014), El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 (first ed.), San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón, ISBN 978-0-9820806-1-0
  15. ^ "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  16. ^ "PRECINTO ELECTORAL CULEBRA 097" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
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