Montoso, Maricao, Puerto Rico

Coordinates: 18°10′32″N 67°01′07″W / 18.175684°N 67.018688°W / 18.175684; -67.018688
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Montoso
Barrio
Location of Montoso within the municipality of Maricao shown in red
Location of Montoso within the municipality of Maricao shown in red
Montoso is located in Caribbean
Montoso
Montoso
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°10′32″N 67°01′07″W / 18.175684°N 67.018688°W / 18.175684; -67.018688[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Maricao
Area
 • Total4.37 sq mi (11.3 km2)
 • Land4.37 sq mi (11.3 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation1,024 ft (312 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total984
 • Density225.2/sq mi (87.0/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)

Montoso is a barrio in the municipality of Maricao, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 984.[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 Montoso barrio was 1,146.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Montoso 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. 164.