Aceitunas

Aceitunas is a barrio in the municipality of Moca, Puerto Rico with a population of 3,098 in 2010. The land area of this subdivision is 5.36 square miles (13.9 km2).[2][3][4]

Aceitunas
Barrio
Aceitunas
Coordinates: 18°26′14″N 67°04′03″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Moca
Area
 • Total5.36 sq mi (13.9 km2)
 • Land5.36 sq mi (13.9 km2)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total3,098
 Source: 2010 Census

A neighborhood within Aceitunas barrio called Aceitunas community had a total population of 1,436 people in 2010, living in 0.26 square miles (0.67 km2).

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 and conducted its first census of Puerto Rico, finding that the population of Aceitunas barrio was 1,067.[5]

Río Culebrinas flooding

In late May 2019, Aceitunas and multiple other areas in various municipalities suffered flooding, felled trees, landslides and closed highways when Río Culebrinas flooded.[6]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Aceitunas
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
  5. 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.
  6. "Árboles caídos, ríos crecidos y carreteras cerradas en el oeste por las lluvias". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 29 May 2019.


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