Torrecilla Baja is a barrio in the municipality of Loíza, Puerto Rico. Torrecilla Baja has eight sectors and its population was 2,404 in 2010. The Piñones State Forest is located in Torrecilla Baja.
History Torrecilla Baja was in Spain's gazetteers until 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 combined population of Torrecilla Baja and Torrecilla Alta barrios was 1,473.
Features The Piñones State Forest is in Torrecilla Baja.
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 Torrecilla Baja barrio:
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See also
List of communities in Puerto Rico List of barrios and sectors of Loíza, Puerto Rico
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