Atalaya, Aguada, Puerto Rico
Atalaya | |
|---|---|
Barrio | |
 Location of Atalaya within the municipality of Aguada shown in red | |
  Atalaya Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°19′49″N 67°11′11″W / 18.330286°N 67.186351°W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Aguada |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.36 sq mi (6.1 km2) |
| • Land | 2.36 sq mi (6.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 794 ft (242 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 3,108 |
| • Density | 1,316.9/sq mi (508.5/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Atalaya is a barrio in the municipality of Aguada, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,108.[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 combined population of Atalaya barrio and Jagüey barrio was 1,195.[6]
Sectors
Barrios (which are like minor civil divisions)[7] 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.
The following sectors are in Atalaya barrio:[8]
Sector Juanito Abreu, Sector Los Concepción, Sector Los Cordero, Sector Los Rodríguez, Sector Matias, Sector Pedro Ruíz, and Tramo Carretera 411.
Earthquakes
During the 2019-2020 Puerto Rico earthquakes the Lydia Meléndez School in Asomante barrio served as a refuge for residents from Atalaya, Cerro Gordo, and Las Marías (nearby barrios), who had to leave their damaged homes.[9]
See also
References
- ^ a b "US Gazetteer". US Census. US Government.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Atalaya Barrio
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
- ^ 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. 160.
- ^ "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "DESGLOSE DE SECTORES Y CENTROS DE VOTACIÓN PRECINTO ELECTORAL - AGUADA 038" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 28 October 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "Estos son los daños e incidentes reportados en cada pueblo tras el poderoso terremoto de 6.4 [These are the damages and incidents reported in each town after the strong 6.4 earthquake]". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 7 January 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
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