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Río Abajo, Utuado, Puerto Rico

Coordinates: 18°18′59″N 66°41′36″W / 18.316475°N 66.693261°W / 18.316475; -66.693261
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Río Abajo
Barrio
Map
Coordinates: 18°18′59″N 66°41′36″W / 18.316475°N 66.693261°W / 18.316475; -66.693261[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Utuado
Area
[1]
 • Total
2.31 sq mi (6.0 km2)
 • Land2.30 sq mi (6.0 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation
[2]
1,070 ft (330 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total
237
 • Density103/sq mi (40/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)

Río Abajo is a barrio in the municipality of Utuado, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 237.[3][4][5]

History

The United States took control of Puerto Rico from Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898. In 1899, the United States conducted its first census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Río Abajo barrio was 1,235.[6]

Hurricane Maria which struck Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017, washed away the Río Abajo bridge and approximately 60 families were left isolated. Residents invented a zip line to bring food across until a temporary bridge was built.[7] The construction of a more permanent bridge to connect the residents to the rest of the island again was completed in March 2018.[8][9][10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Río Abajo barrio
  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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
  6. ^ Joseph Prentiss Sanger; Henry Gannett; Walter Francis Willcox (1900). Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office (in Spanish). Imprenta del gobierno. p. 161.
  7. ^ https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/article181586296.html
  8. ^ "Hurricane Maria: How rural Utuado, Puerto Rico, survived isolated after the storm". ABC7 San Francisco. September 20, 2018.
  9. ^ Perdomo, Laura (December 7, 2018). "Rio Abajo Bridge in Utuado, One Year After Hurricane Maria". U.S. Bridge.
  10. ^ "Arrival of Critical Equipment Kicks Off Construction of New Rio Abajo Bridge | FEMA.gov". www.fema.gov.


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