Quebrada Arenas, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Quebrada Arenas
Puerto Rico Highway 1 in Quebrada Arenas
Puerto Rico Highway 1 in Quebrada Arenas
Location of Quebrada Arenas shown in yellow.
Location of Quebrada Arenas shown in yellow.
Coordinates: 18°19′13″N 66°04′52″W / 18.320204°N 66.081249°W / 18.320204; -66.081249[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality San Juan
Area
 • Total2.46 sq mi (6.4 km2)
 • Land2.46 sq mi (6.4 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation446 ft (136 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total2,747
 • Density1,116.7/sq mi (431.2/km2)
 2010 census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)

Quebrada Arenas (Spanish for sandy creek) is one of the 18 barrios of the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Located in the southwest corner of San Juan, it is the only rural barrio in the municipality. Quebrada Arenas is totally outside San Juan's municipal urban zone according to the last census. In 2010 it had a population of 2,747 and a land area of 2.46 square miles (6.4 km2), resulting in a population density of 1,116.7 residents per square mile (431.2 km2), the lowest of any barrio in San Juan.[3]

Quebrada Arenas has boundaries with the municipalities of Aguas Buenas and Caguas to the south, and Guaynabo to the west, and is bounded by Caimito barrios to the east and Tortugo barrio to the north.

  1. ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quebrada Arenas barrio
  3. ^ Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. p. 32.