Sonadora, Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico
Sonadora | |
|---|---|
Barrio | |
 Dam in Sonadora, Aguas Buenas | |
 Location of Sonadora within the municipality of Aguas Buenas shown in red | |
  Sonadora Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°16′23″N 66°07′11″W / 18.272982°N 66.119861°W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Aguas Buenas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.4 sq mi (9 km2) |
| • Land | 3.4 sq mi (9 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,207 ft (368 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 3,191 |
| • Density | 938.5/sq mi (362.4/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Sonadora is a barrio in the municipality of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,191. In Sonadora barrio is part of the Aguas Buenas urban zone.[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 Sonadora and Mula barrio was 1,183.[6]
Special Communities
In 2001, law 1-2001 was passed[7] to identify marginalized communities of Puerto Rico.[8] In 2017, Governor Rosello created a new government agency to work with the Special Communities of Puerto Rico Program.[9][10] Sonadora is one of the 742 places on the list of Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico.[11]
See also
References
- ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sonadora 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. 162.
- ^ "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ "Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico" (in Spanish). 8 August 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ "Evoluciona el proyecto de Comunidades Especiales". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 24 February 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ ElVocero.com, Por. "Ya es ley Oficina para el Desarrollo Socioeconómico y Comunitario". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2019.
- ^ Rivera Quintero, Marcia (2014), El vuelo de la esperanza:Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 (Primera edición ed.), San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón, p. 273, ISBN 978-0-9820806-1-0
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