Aceitunas Explained

Official Name:Aceitunas
Settlement Type:Barrio
Pushpin Map:Caribbean
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates:18.4379°N -67.0669°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Commonwealth
Subdivision Name: Puerto Rico
Subdivision Type1:Municipality
Subdivision Name1: Moca
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Sq Mi:5.36
Area Land Sq Mi:5.36
Area Water Sq Mi:0
Population As Of:2010
Population Note:Source: 2010 Census
Population Total:3098
Population Density Sq Mi:578
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Elevation Ft:545
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code

es|'''Aceitunas'''|olives 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 5.36sqmi.[2] [3] [4]

A neighborhood within Aceitunas barrio called Aceitunas community had a total population of 1,436 people in 2010, living in 0.26sqmi.

History

Aceitunas was in Spain's gazetteers[5] until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Aceitunas barrio was 1,067.[6]

Culebrinas River flooding

In late May 2019, Aceitunas and multiple other areas in various municipalities suffered flooding, felled trees, landslides and closed highways when Culebrinas River flooded.[7]

Notable people from Aceitunas

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: US Gazetteer 2019. US Census . US Government.
  2. Book: 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. Book: Gwillim Law. Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. 2015. McFarland. 978-1-4766-0447-3. 300.
  4. Book: Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf . 2010. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau.
  5. Web site: Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881 . Biblioteca Nacional de España . es . 1614. 4 April 2023.
  6. Book: Joseph Prentiss Sanger. Henry Gannett. Walter Francis Willcox. Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office. 1900. Imprenta del gobierno. 160. es.
  7. Web site: Árboles caídos, ríos crecidos y carreteras cerradas en el oeste por las lluvias. 29 May 2019. Primera Hora. es.