Ceiba, Puerto Rico

Ceiba was founded on April 7, 1838 by Luis de la Cruz. Ceiba derives its name from an Indian word Seyba, which is the name for a famous tree that grows in the island, Ceiba pentandra, the kapok tree.

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 a territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico and the population numbers of Ceiba were consolidated with the population numbers of Fajardo.{{cite book|author1=Joseph Prentiss Sanger|author2=Henry Gannett|author3=Walter Francis Willcox|title=Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office|url=https://archive.org/details/informesobreelc00joangoog|year=1900|publisher=Imprenta del gobierno|page=[https://archive.org/details/informesobreelc00joangoog/page/n70 41]| language=es}}

Ceiba, situated near Fajardo, used to be home of an American military Naval base, the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station. Most of the units were relocated and the base was closed in 2004. Ex-governor Sila María Calderón suggested turning the property into a major international airport, to serve as a relief to Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, and to increase the number of international airlines that operate into Puerto Rico. She was met with skepticism about these plans from such groups as environmentalists, economists and others, but in 2008, José Aponte de la Torre Airport was inaugurated at the base's former site.

Locals are commonly known as "Los Come Sopa" (Spanish for 'the soup-eaters'). Even though there is no official reason as to why they are called this, a few stories have been suggested. Among the tales is the belief that since the town did not have a local meat market people had to travel long distances in order to buy some meat and therefore mostly ate soup. {{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

Hurricane Maria on September 20, 2017 triggered numerous landslides in Ceiba.{{cite web |title=Preliminary Locations of Landslide Impacts from Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico |url=https://landslides.usgs.gov/research/featured/2017/maria-pr/ |website=USGS Landslide Hazards Program |publisher=USGS |access-date=2019-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303143147/https://landslides.usgs.gov/research/featured/2017/maria-pr/ |archive-date=2019-03-03 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Preliminary Locations of Landslide Impacts from Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico |url=https://landslides.usgs.gov/research/featured/2017/maria-pr/images/PR_Maria_LS_density_map.pdf |website=USGS Landslide Hazards Program |publisher=USGS |access-date=2019-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303143147/https://landslides.usgs.gov/research/featured/2017/maria-pr/images/PR_Maria_LS_density_map.pdf |archive-date=2019-03-03 |url-status=live }} Forty-nine structures in Punta Figuera were destroyed completely.{{cite news | title=María, un nombre que no vamos a olvidar. María barrió con lo que dejó en pie el huracán Irma | trans-title=Maria, a name we will never forget. María swept up what Hurricane Irma left | newspaper=El Nuevo Día | date=2019-06-13 | url=https://huracanmaria.elnuevodia.com/2017/municipio/ceiba/ | language=es | access-date=2021-09-19 | archive-date=September 20, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920212333/https://huracanmaria.elnuevodia.com/2017/municipio/ceiba/ | url-status=live }} In July 2018, some residents received monies via FEMA to rebuild their homes.{{cite web | last=Torres Gotay | first=Benjamín | title=Damnificada del huracán María: "Nunca pensé en irme de mi casa" | website=El Nuevo Día | date=2021-09-20 | url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/notas/damnificada-del-huracan-maria-nunca-pense-en-irme-de-mi-casa/ | language=es | access-date=2021-09-20 | archive-date=September 20, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920212222/https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/notas/damnificada-del-huracan-maria-nunca-pense-en-irme-de-mi-casa/ | url-status=live }}

170927-M-GQ832-0048 (36686716504).jpg|National Guard working in Ceiba after the hurricane

The Reserva Natural Medio Mundo y Daguao (Nature Reserve Medio Mundo and Daguao) extends along the coastline between Ceiba and Fajardo.{{Cite web|title=Así es la extensa biodiversidad que ofrece el Municipio de Ceiba|url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/ciencia-ambiente/flora-fauna/fotogalerias/asi-es-la-extensa-biodiversidad-que-ofrece-el-municipio-de-ceiba/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-30|website=El Nuevo Día|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926153711/https://www.elnuevodia.com/ciencia-ambiente/flora-fauna/fotogalerias/asi-es-la-extensa-biodiversidad-que-ofrece-el-municipio-de-ceiba/ |archive-date=September 26, 2021 }} 95% of the forest is classified as mangrove. Various species of birds can be seen as well as turtles and manatees. Its rivers includes; Río Daguao, Río Demajagua and Río Fajardo.{{cite web|url=https://enciclopediapr.org/en/encyclopedia/ceiba-municipality/|title=Ceiba Municipality|publisher=Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades (FPH)|website=enciclopediapr.org|access-date=2019-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623201827/https://enciclopediapr.org/en/encyclopedia/ceiba-municipality/|archive-date=2019-06-23|url-status=live}}

The municipality extends northwest into the seas between Fajardo and Culebra and thereby includes the reefs and islets named Arrecifes Hermanos and Arrecifes Barriles.[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=05000US72037&tree_id=4001&context=dt&_lang=en&_ts=300465838926 Census 2000 map of Ceiba Municipio]{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The reef are closest to the coastal barrio of Machos, but barrio boundaries are not defined in that area.[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=06000US7203748260&tree_id=4001&context=dt&_lang=en&_ts=300465985036 Census 2000 map of Machos barrio]{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

The highest point in the municipality is Pico del Oeste in the Sierra de Luquillo at 3,346 feet (1,020 m) of elevation.{{Cite web|title=Pico del Oeste (1611655)|url=https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/ngp/board-on-geographic-names/download-gnis-data|access-date=2021-09-11|website=www.usgs.gov/|archive-date=October 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028223956/https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/ngp/board-on-geographic-names/download-gnis-data|url-status=live}}

File:Ceiba, Puerto Rico locator map.png

Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Ceiba is subdivided into barrios. The municipal buildings, central square and large Catholic church are located in a barrio referred to as {{lang|es|"el pueblo"}}, near the center of the municipality.{{cite book |last1=Picó |first1=Rafael |last2=Buitrago de Santiago |first2=Zayda |last3=Berrios |first3=Hector H. |title=Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. |url=https://archive.org/details/nuevageografad00pic/page/247 |publisher=San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969 |access-date=2019-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226171916/https://archive.org/details/nuevageografad00pic/page/247 |archive-date=2018-12-26 |url-status=live }}{{cite book|author=Gwillim Law|title=Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nXCeCQAAQBAJ|access-date=25 December 2018|date=20 May 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-0447-3|page=300}}{{Cite web |url=http://welcome.topuertorico.org/maps/ceiba.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324204920/http://welcome.topuertorico.org/maps/ceiba.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2018-03-24 |title=Map of Ceiba at the Wayback Machine|access-date=2018-12-29 }}

1. Ceiba barrio-pueblo
2. Chupacallos
3. Daguao
4. Guayacán
5. Machos
6. Quebrada Seca
7. Río Abajo
8. Saco

{{Further|List of barrios and sectors of Ceiba, Puerto Rico}}

Barrios (which are like minor civil divisions){{cite web |title=US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm |website=factfinder.com |publisher=US Census |access-date=5 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513190743/https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm |archive-date=13 May 2017 |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.presupuesto.pr.gov/Presupuesto2015-2016/PresupuestosAgencias/229.htm|title=Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)|website=Puerto Rico Budgets|language=es|access-date=28 June 2019|archive-date=June 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628234856/http://www.presupuesto.pr.gov/Presupuesto2015-2016/PresupuestosAgencias/229.htm|url-status=live}}{{Citation | author1=Rivera Quintero, Marcia | title=El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 | publication-date=2014 | publisher=San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón | edition=first | isbn=978-0-9820806-1-0 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.lexjuris.com/lexlex/Leyes2001/lex2001001.htm|title=Leyes del 2001|website=Lex Juris Puerto Rico|language=es|access-date=24 June 2020|archive-date=September 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914224408/http://www.lexjuris.com/lexlex/Leyes2001/lex2001001.htm|url-status=live}}

{{see also|Puerto Rico Office for Socioeconomic and Community Development}}

{{lang|es|Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico}} (Special Communities of Puerto Rico) are marginalized communities whose citizens are experiencing a certain amount of social exclusion. A map shows these communities occur in nearly every municipality of the commonwealth. Of the 742 places that were on the list in 2014, the following barrios, communities, sectors, or neighborhoods were in Ceiba: Saco, Las Calderonas, Parcelas Aguas Claras, Parcelas Nuevas, Prado Hermoso, and Quebrada Seca.{{Citation|author1=Rivera Quintero, Marcia|title=El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004|publication-date=2014| publisher=San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón| edition=1st|page=273|isbn=978-0-9820806-1-0}}{{cite web|url=https://cpprbib.wordpress.com/biblioteca-virtual/guias-tematicas/comunidades-especiales/comunidades-especiales-de-puerto-rico/|title=Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico|date=8 August 2011|language=es|access-date=24 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624004414/https://cpprbib.wordpress.com/biblioteca-virtual/guias-tematicas/comunidades-especiales/comunidades-especiales-de-puerto-rico/|archive-date=24 June 2019|url-status=live}}

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| 1930= 7275

| 1940= 7021

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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2016/PEPANNRES/0500000US72005|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213114938/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2016/PEPANNRES/0500000US72005|archive-date=February 13, 2020}} 1920-1930{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|title=Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817181600/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|archive-date=August 17, 2017|url-status=live}}
1930-1950{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|title=Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150830033735/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|archive-date=August 30, 2015|url-status=live}} 1960-2000{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|title=Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724061852/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|archive-date=July 24, 2017|url-status=live}} 2010{{cite book|title=Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf|url=https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|year=2010|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2019-01-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220183043/https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|archive-date=2017-02-20|url-status=live}}

2020{{Cite web|title=PUERTO RICO: 2020 Census|url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/state-by-state/puerto-rico-population-change-between-census-decade.html|access-date=2021-08-25|website=The United States Census Bureau|language=EN-US|archive-date=August 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826053734/https://www.census.gov/library/stories/state-by-state/puerto-rico-population-change-between-census-decade.html|url-status=live}}|2020=11307}}

To stimulate local tourism, the Puerto Rico Tourism Company launched the Voy Turistiendo ("I'm Touring") campaign, with a passport book and website. The Ceiba page lists {{lang|es|Charco Frío y Las Tinajas}}, {{lang|es|Playa Los Machos}}, the mangroves at {{lang|es|Medio Mundo y Daguao}}, as places of interest.{{cite book | title= Pasaporte: Voy Turisteando |publisher=Compañia de Turismo de Puerto Rico | year=2021| language=es}}

File:PR-971 Puente entre Fajardo y Ceiba en Puerto Rico.jpg]]

According to a news article by Primera Hora, there are 60 beaches in Ceiba, including {{lang|es|Los Machos}} Beach.{{Cite web|url=https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/puerto-rico/nota/las1200playasdepuertorico-1216285/|title=Las 1,200 playas de Puerto Rico [The 1200 beaches of Puerto Rico]|date=April 14, 2017|website=Primera Hora|language=es|access-date=December 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212200804/https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/puerto-rico/nota/las1200playasdepuertorico-1216285/|archive-date=December 12, 2019|url-status=live}}

Other places of interest include:

• Ceiba Historic Mural
• Ceiba State Forest
• Ensenada Honda
• Medio Mundo Beach
• Roosevelt Roads Base (a former United States Navy installation which is now closed)
• The cellist Pablo Casals lived in Ceiba.

Ceiba celebrates its patron saint festival in June. The {{lang|es|Fiestas Patronales de San Antonio de Padua}} is a religious and cultural celebration that generally features parades, games, artisans, amusement rides, regional food, and live entertainment.{{cite web | author=J.D. | title=Ceiba | website=Link To Puerto Rico.com | date=2006-05-02 | url=http://www.proyectosalonhogar.com/link%20p.r/www.linktopr.com/ceiba.html | language=es | access-date=2020-07-18 | archive-date=July 19, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719102626/http://www.proyectosalonhogar.com/link%20p.r/www.linktopr.com/ceiba.html | url-status=live }} The festival has featured live performances by well-known artists such as Grupo Manía, and Domingo Quiñones.{{cite web |title=Fiestas de Pueblo Ceiba 2013 |url=https://sondeaquiprnet.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/600242_472213679536140_66681972_n.jpg |website=sondeaquiprnet |publisher=El Gobierno Municipal de Ceiba |access-date=14 August 2023 |archive-date=April 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425165808/http://sondeaquiprnet.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/600242_472213679536140_66681972_n.jpg |url-status=live }}

Other festivals and events celebrated in Ceiba include:

• {{lang|es|Maratón de los Enamorados}} - February
• {{lang|es|Festival de Chiringas}} - March
• {{lang|es|Festival de Marlin}} or Marlin Festival- May or June
• {{lang|es|Fiesta Nacional de la Raza}} - October
• {{lang|es|Maratón del Pavo}} - November

Former IBF world Jr. Middleweight boxing champion Carlos Santos hails from Ceiba. Ceiba also has an amateur AAA baseball team Los Marlins de Ceiba.

Chi-Chi Rodriguez, Pro golfer is from Ceiba.

Manufacturing (plywood, apparel, hardware products).

José Aponte de la Torre Airport offers commercial (mostly domestic) flights on three airlines; it also houses an MD-82 jet donated by American Airlines to local air mechanics students.

There are 29 bridges in Ceiba.{{cite web|title=Ceiba Bridges|url=http://bridgereports.com/pr/ceiba/|website=National Bridge Inventory Data|publisher=US Dept. of Transportation|access-date=19 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220181350/http://bridgereports.com/pr/ceiba/|archive-date=20 February 2019|url-status=live}}

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Ceiba include:

• Carlos Santos - former IBF Junior Middleweight Champion of the World.
• Luis Vigoreaux - radio and television show host, announcer, comedian and producer. Luis Vigoreaux was found murdered on January 17, 1983. His wife Lydia Echevarria arranged his murder.
• Domingo Quiñones - although born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey; Domingo Quiñones moved to Ceiba at the early age of 4 and lived there until the age of 14.
• Pablo Casals - built his home in Ceiba at the age of 80; the place was known as "El Pesebre".
• Rogelio Figueroa Garcia - was born in Naguabo, Puerto Rico; however, was raised in Parcelas Aguas Claras (Barrio El Corcho) in Ceiba. He is a Puerto Rican engineer, a politician, and the co-founder of the Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico (PPR) political party.
• McJoe Arroyo - IBF Super Flyweight world boxing champion
• McWilliams Arroyo - professional boxer
• Jaron Brown - is a wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks. He was born in Ceiba, PR.
• Isabel Rosado Morales - was born in Barrio Chupacallo in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. She studied in La Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Rico Piedras and obtained a bachelor's degree in Education and Social Work. During the 1930s she was a rural teacher, position she held during 14 years. Alongside Blanca Canales, Carmen Rivera de Alvarado and other women, she was a founding member of La Sociedad Insular de Trabajadores Sociales, known today as Colegio de Trabajadores Sociales de Puerto Rico. She was a member of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party and activist for the Puerto Rican Independence Movement. She lived until reaching the age of 107.

{{main|Mayoralty in Puerto Rico}}

All municipalities in Puerto Rico are administered by a mayor, elected every four years. The current mayor of Ceiba is Samuel Rivera Báez, of the New Progressive Party (PNP). He was first elected at the 2020 general elections.

The city belongs to the Puerto Rico Senatorial district VIII, which is represented by two Senators. In 2024, Marissa Jiménez and Héctor Joaquín Sánchez Álvarez were elected as District Senators.[https://elecciones2024.ceepur.org/Escrutinio_General_121/index.html#es/default/SENADORES_POR_DISTRITO_Carolina_VIII.xml Elecciones Generales 2024: Escrutinio General] {{webarchive|url=https://elecciones2024.ceepur.org/Escrutinio_General_121/index.html#es/default/SENADORES_POR_DISTRITO_Carolina_VIII.xml |date=2024-12-30 }} on CEEPUR

The {{lang|es|municipio}} has an official flag and coat of arms.{{cite web | title=Ley Núm. 70 de 2006 -Ley para disponer la oficialidad de la bandera y el escudo de los setenta y ocho (78) municipios. | website=LexJuris de Puerto Rico | url=https://www.lexjuris.com/LEXLEX/Leyes2006/lexl2006070.htm | language=es | access-date=2021-06-15 | archive-date=January 20, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120152958/http://www.lexjuris.com/LEXLEX/Leyes2006/lexl2006070.htm | url-status=live }}

Ceiba's flag derives its design and colors from the municipal coat of arms. This maintains the same symbolism given to the coat of arms. It is made of two vertical lines of the same width, red in the left side and green on the right. The red side depicts a yellow cross.{{cite web | title=CEIBA | website=LexJuris (Leyes y Jurisprudencia) de Puerto Rico | date=19 February 2020 | url=http://www.lexjuris.com/pueblos/pueblos_files/CEIBA.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219001530/http://www.lexjuris.com/pueblos/pueblos_files/CEIBA.html | archive-date=19 February 2020 | url-status=live | language=es | access-date=16 September 2020}}

The Ceiba coat of arms depicts a shield with a Ceiba tree. In the upper part of the shield is a red horizontal space with a golden cross in the middle and a golden fleur-de-lis on either side. The cross symbolizes the Christian faith as well recognizing Luis de la Cruz as Ceiba's founder. Around the shield are sugar cane stalks. Above the shield there is a golden Spanish fort.

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• {{cite book |year=1955 |title=Mapa de municipios y barrios - Ceiba - Memoria Núm. 74 |url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_74-Ceiba-1955.pdf |location=University of Puerto Rico |publisher=Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, Oficina del Gobernador, Junta de Planificacion, Santurce, Puerto Rico}}

• [http://www.presenciapr.com/tag/ceiba/ News out of Ceiba on Presencia PR]

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