Media Luna, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico

Media Luna is a barrio in the municipality of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 12,221.^[3][4][5]

Media Luna
Barrio
Flat land in Media Luna
Location of Media Luna within the municipality of Toa Baja shown in red
Media Luna Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°25′27″N 66°14′40″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Toa Baja
Area [1]
• Total	5.93 sq mi (15.4 km2)
• Land	5.87 sq mi (15.2 km2)
• Water	0.06 sq mi (0.2 km2)
Elevation [2]	26 ft (8 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	12,221
• Density	2,081.9/sq mi (803.8/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

History

Media Luna was in Spain's gazetteers^[6] 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 population of Media Luna barrio was 598.^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	598		—
1910	910		52.2%
1920	1,159		27.4%
1930	2,343		102.2%
1940	1,366		−41.7%
1950	2,246		64.4%
1960	3,601		60.3%
1970	0		−100.0%
1980	9,255		—
1990	11,359		22.7%
2000	12,712		11.9%
2010	12,221		−3.9%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12]

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)^[13] 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.^[14][15][16]

The following sectors are in Media Luna barrio:^[17]

Brisas del Campanero II, Comunidad Las Master, Residencial Campanilla, Sector Campanilla, Sector La Vega, Sector Los Quintero, Sector Media Luna, Sector Parcelas Nuevas, Sector San José, Sector Valle Seco, Sector Villa Esperanza, Sector Villa Hostos, Urbanización Brisas del Campanero, and Urbanización Riberas del Plata (Las 21).

Gallery

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  Puerto Rico Highway 854 in Media Luna
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  Puerto Rico Highway 8865 in Media Luna

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico
• List of barrios and sectors of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico