Cangrejo Arriba, Carolina, Puerto Rico

Cangrego Arriba is a barrio in the municipality of Carolina, Puerto Rico with a population of 17,041 in 2010.

Features
Cangrego Arriba is an urban area located in Isla Verde a neighborhood on the coast.

The Ritz-Carlton hotel in Cangrego Arriba suffered extensive damage due to Hurricane Maria on September 20, 2017 and was scheduled to reopen in 2022.

History
Cangrejo Arriba 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 population of Cangrejos barrio (as it was named at the time) was 367.

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Places and views of Cangrego Arriba: