Cambalache, Arecibo, Puerto Rico


Cambalache is a barrio in the municipality of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 40.

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 population of Cambalache barrio was 470.

Waste-to-energy plant

Feasibility studies for building a waste-to-energy plant in Cambalache have been ongoing since before 2015.