Ciénaga Baja


Ciénaga Baja is a barrio in the municipality of Río Grande, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 18,385.

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 Ciénaga barrio was 1,610.
As far as Río Grande is from the epicenter of the 6.3 earthquake that struck Puerto Rico on January 7, some residents in Ciénaga Baja stated they felt the earthquake and stated they lost electrical power in their homes.

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 Ciénaga Baja barrio:
Apartamentos Miradores del Yunque,
Camino Los Rivera,
Carretera 959,
Comunidad Casiano Cepeda,
Condominio Portales de Río Grande,
Condominio Portales del Yunque,
Condominio Río Grande for The Elderly,
Égida Río Dorado Elderly,
Extensión Estancias del Sol,
Parcelas Estancias del Sol,
Parcelas La Ponderosa,
Parcelas Las Dolores,
Parcelas Monte Bello,
Residencial Galateo, Sector Las Flores Interior,
Río Grande Hills,
Sector El Hoyo,
Sector Las Flores,
Sector Monte Flores,
Urbanización Alturas de Río Grande,
Urbanización Jardines de Río Grande,
Urbanización Montecillo,
Urbanización Pedregales,
Urbanización Proyecto Casa Verde,
Urbanización Proyecto Finca Galateo,
Urbanización Villas de Cambalache I y II,
Urbanización Villas de Río Grande, and
Urbanización Vistas de Río Grande I y II.
In Ciénaga Baja is the La Dolores comunidad, and part of the Río Grande urban area.