Monte Llano, Morovis, Puerto Rico

Monte Llano is a barrio in the municipality of Morovis, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,948.[3][4][5]

Monte Llano

Montellano
Barrio
Houses in Barrio Monte Llano
Monte Llano
Location in Morovis, Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°19′30″N 66°23′23″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Morovis
Government
 • MayorCarmen Maldonado González
Area
 • Total1.60 sq mi (4.1 km2)
 • Land1.60 sq mi (4.1 km2)
Elevation827 ft (252 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total2,948
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)
Zip code
00687

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 Monte Llano barrio was 466.[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.[8][9][10]

The following sectors are in Monte Llano: Apartamentos Morovis Elderly, Apartamentos Parque Del Retiro II, Avenida Corozal, Condominio Mariví, Residencial Padre Tomás Sorolla, Sector Avenida Patrón (Calle Patrón), Sector El Tambor, Sector La Aldea, Sector La Fábrica, Sector La Trinchera, Tramo Carretera 159, Urbanización Colinas De Montellano, Urbanización Estancias de Montellano, Urbanización Jardines De Montellano, and Urbanización Russe.[11]

  • Landmark mountain at Monte Llano
  • Landslide caused by Hurricane Maria in Monte Llano

See also

References
  1. "2018 U.S. Gazetteer Files - County Subdivisions". US Census. US Census Bureau. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Monte Llano
  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. 161.
  7. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  8. "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  9. Rivera Quintero, Marcia (2014), El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 (first ed.), San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón, ISBN 978-0-9820806-1-0
  10. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  11. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL MOROVIS 020" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2020.


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