Torrecilla Baja


Torrecilla Baja is a barrio in the municipality of Loíza, Puerto Rico. Its population was 2,404 in 2010.

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 finding that the combined population of Torrecilla Baja and Torrecilla Alta barrios was 1,473.

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 Torrecilla Baja barrio:
Sector El Terraplén,
Sector La Arena,
Sector La Torre,
Sector Las Pajita,
Sector Los Vizcarrondo,
Sector Monte Grande,
Sector Piñones, and Sector Punta Maldonado.