Montones
Montones | |
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Barrio | |
Coordinates: 18°09′17″N 65°54′05″W / 18.154834°N 65.901484°W[1] | |
Commonwealth | Puerto Rico |
Municipality | Las Piedras |
Area | |
• Total | 8.79 sq mi (22.8 km2) |
• Land | 8.79 sq mi (22.8 km2) |
• Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
Elevation | 653 ft (199 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 9,332 |
• Density | 1,061.7/sq mi (409.9/km2) |
Source: 2010 Census | |
Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Montones is a barrio in the municipality of Las Piedras, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 9,332.[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. Montones was two separate barrios: Montonos Abajo had a population of 899 and Montones Arriba had a population of 937.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Montones 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. 163.
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