| Official Name: | Atalaya |
| Settlement Type: | Barrio |
| Pushpin Map: | Caribbean |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates: | 18.3303°N -67.1864°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Commonwealth |
| Subdivision Name: |  Puerto Rico |
| Subdivision Type1: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name1: | Aguada |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.36 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.36 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Note: | Source: 2010 Census |
| Population Total: | 3108 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1316.9 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 794 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 00602 |
| Area Code: | 787, 939 |
Atalaya is a barrio in the municipality of Aguada, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,108.[2] [3] [4]
Atalaya 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 combined population of Atalaya barrio and Jagüey barrio was 1,195.[6]
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to 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.
The following sectors are in Atalaya barrio:[8]
Spanish; Castilian: Sector Figueroa, Sector Juanito Abreu, Sector Los Concepción, Sector Los Cordero, Sector Los Rodríguez, Sector Matias, Sector Pedro Ruíz, and Spanish; Castilian: Tramo Carretera 411.
During the 2019-2020 Puerto Rico earthquakes the Lydia Meléndez School in Asomante barrio served as a refuge for residents from Atalaya, Cerro Gordo, and Las Marías (nearby barrios), who had to leave their damaged homes.[9]