Masa, Gurabo, Puerto Rico facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Masa
Barrio
Location of Masa within the municipality of Gurabo shown in red
Masa, Gurabo, Puerto Rico Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Gurabo
Area
• Total	3.74 sq mi (9.7 km2)
• Land	3.74 sq mi (9.7 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation	712 ft (217 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	1,522
• Density	407/sq mi (157/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
ZIP Code	00778

Masa is a barrio in the municipality of Gurabo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,522.

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 combined population of Masa and Jaguar barrios was 1,270.

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 Masa barrio:

Camino Santos Garcia, Parcelas Viejas Ramón T. Colón, Reverendo Pedro Parrilla, Sector Buenos Aires, Sector Eugenio Ruiz, Sector Goyo Márquez, Sector Julio Boria, Sector Lomas del Viento, Sector Los Rivero, Sector Los Viera, Sector Masa I, Sector Masa II, Sector Miranda, Sector Peyo Alemán, Sector Resto, and Sector Santana.

See also

In Spanish: Masa (Gurabo) para niños

• List of communities in Puerto Rico
• List of barrios and sectors of Gurabo, Puerto Rico