Palo_Seco,_Toa_Baja,_Puerto_Rico

Palo Seco, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico

Palo Seco, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico

Barrio of Puerto Rico

Palo Seco is a barrio in the municipality of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 288.[3][4][5]

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Palo Seco power plant

One of the main power plants supplying power to Puerto Rico is the Palo Seco fuel oil power plant located near Palo Seco, Toa Baja.[6][7] Before Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico in September 2017, the Palo Seco plant was slated to close.[8]

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  • PR-870 in Palo Seco
  • Sunken ship off the coast of Palo Seco
  • At the Palo Seco Power Plant after 2 hurricanes struck Puerto Rico in 2017

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References

  1. [1]
    "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. [2]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Palo Seco barrio
  3. [3]
    Picó, Rafael; Buitrago de Santiago, Zayda; Berrios, Hector H. Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969.
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    Gwillim Law (20 May 2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-4766-0447-3. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
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    Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
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    "Protestan para que enciendan Palo Seco". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 19 October 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
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    "Engineering Solutions for the Nation's Toughest Problems: USACE tackles Puerto Rico's power grid". www.army.mil. 2018-03-24. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
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    Alvarado León, Gerardo E. (2017-08-25). "La Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica cerrará la central Palo Seco". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-08-26.
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    "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
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    "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
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    "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
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    Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.


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