Candelaria, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico


Candelaria is a barrio in the municipality of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 23,343.

History

The United States took control of Puerto Rico from Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898. In 1899, the United States conducted its first census of Puerto Rico in 1899 finding that the population of Candelaria barrio was 1,395.

Sectors

Barrios in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores. The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.
The following sectors are in Candelaria barrio:
Barriada Fidel Torres,
Barriada Márquez,
Barriada Popular,
Barriada Aponte,
Comunidad Candelaria Arenas,
Comunidad Pájaros,
Comunidad Villa Pangola,
Condominio Quinta Real,
Condominio Terrazas de Montecasino,
Proyecto Pájaros,
Reparto Anamar,
Reparto Molina,
Sector Albizu,
Sector Alto El Cabro,
Sector Azucena,
Sector Barriada Rosa,
Sector Buen Vecino,
Sector Capitán,
Sector Dos Abras,
Sector El Guayabal,
Sector Fondo El Saco,
Sector Gutiérrez,
Sector Hoyo Frío,
Sector Juan Chiquito,
Sector La Prá I y II,
Sector Los Díaz,
Sector Los Jiménez,
Sector Macún,
Sector Monte Bello I y II,
Sector Monte Bello,
Sector Paco Dávila,
Sector Villa Clemente,
Sector Villa Dávila,
Sector Villa Gutiérrez,
Sector Villa Kennedy,
Sector Villa Olga,
Tramo Puerto Rico Highway 2, and Urbanización y Extensión La Inmaculada.

Notable people of Candelaria