Terranova, Quebradillas, Puerto Rico Facts for Kids

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Barrio
Lookout in Terranova
Location of Terranova within the municipality of Quebradillas shown in red
Terranova, Quebradillas, Puerto Rico Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Quebradillas
Area
• Total	2.98 sq mi (7.7 km²)
• Land	2.41 sq mi (6.2 km²)
• Water	0.57 sq mi (1.5 km²)
Elevation	302 ft (92 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	3,102
• Density	1,287.1/sq mi (497.0/km²)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Terranova is a barrio in the municipality of Quebradillas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,102.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1900	779	—
1910	789	1.3%
1920	995	26.1%
1930	996	0.1%
1940	1,423	42.9%
1950	1,618	13.7%
1980	3,298	—
1990	3,592	8.9%
2000	3,841	6.9%
2010	3,102	−19.2%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930 1930-1950 1980-2000 2010

History
Sectors
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See also

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 Terranova barrio was 779.

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 Terranova barrio:

Calle Coliseo, Calle del Parque, Calle Las Flores, Camino Amador, Carretera 113, Carretera 477, Parcelas Terranova, Reparto Muñoz, Residencial Guarionex, Sector Estación, Sector Juan González, Sector Las Cuevitas, Sector Los Barros, Sector Los Prietos, Sector Quebrada Mala, Sector Rábano, Sector Villa Durán, Sector Villa Varguitas, and Urbanización San Rafael.