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Juncal, San Sebastián, Puerto Rico

Juncal is a barrio in the municipality of San Sebastián, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,926.

History

Juncal 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 population of Juncal barrio was 761.

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1900761
19108177.4%
192090310.5%
19301,00010.7%
19401,0565.6%
19501,031−2.4%
19601,0511.9%
1970982−6.6%
19801,48851.5%
19901,84223.8%
20002,07512.6%
20101,926−7.2%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930
1930-1950 1980-2000 2010

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 Juncal barrio:

Carretera 111, Sector Ballajá, Sector Iglesia Adventista (Rodríguez), Sector Juncal Centro, Sector Pueblito, Sector Santiago, and Sector Terraza de Santiago.

See also