Medianía Baja


Medianía Baja is a barrio in the municipality of Loíza, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 8,781.

History

Medianía 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 Medianía Baja and Medianía Alta barrios was 2,296.

Features

El Buren de Lula, a well-known restaurant is located in Medianía Baja. An annual festival including cuisine from "Lula" is held in this barrio every March.

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 Medianía Baja barrio:
Apartamentos Loíza Gardens,
Callejón Los Millonarios,
Puerto Rico Highway 187, and Urbanización Vista del Océano.