Perchas, Morovis, Puerto Rico Explained

Official Name:Perchas
Settlement Type:Barrio
Pushpin Map:Caribbean
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates:18.2777°N -66.4038°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Commonwealth
Subdivision Name: Puerto Rico
Subdivision Type1:Municipality
Subdivision Name1: Morovis
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Sq Mi:2.71
Area Land Sq Mi:2.71
Area Water Sq Mi:0
Population As Of:2010
Population Note:Source: 2010 Census
Population Total:1336
Population Density Sq Mi:493
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Elevation Ft:1273
Postal Code Type:Zip code
Postal Code:00687
Area Code:787

Perchas is a barrio in the municipality of Morovis, Puerto Rico. Perchas has about 11 sectors and its population in 2010 was 1,336.[2] [3] [4]

Puerto Rico Highway 155 from Perchas in Morovis takes one to the adjoining municipality of Orocovis.

History

Perchas 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 Perchas barrio was 1,124.[6]

Hurricane Maria on September 20, 2017, caused a landslide in Perchas that caused a huge rock to teeter above Puerto Rico Highway 155, threatening homes, infrastructure and motorists. Six months later, a controlled implosion was used to disintegrate the huge rock in order for the area to be cleared of the threat.[7] [8]

Residents of bordering barrios then had to traverse through Perchas to reach Pueblo because over 90% of the roads were blocked by debris due to landslides and destruction to infrastructure.[9]

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[10] in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called Spanish; Castilian: sectores (sectors in English). The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.[11] [12]

The following sectors are in Perchas barrio:[13]

Spanish; Castilian: Sector Adrovet, Sector Arraijanes, Sector El Castillo, Sector El Zapato, Sector Los Naranjos, Sector Los Santos, Sector Perchas Díaz, Sector Perchas Quirós, Sector Perchas, Sector El Radar,[14] and Spanish; Castilian: Tramo [[Puerto Rico Highway 155|Carretera 155]].

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 . 2019-01-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181226171916/https://archive.org/details/nuevageografad00pic/page/247 . 2018-12-26 . live .
  3. Book: Gwillim Law. Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. 25 December 2018. 20 May 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. 2019-01-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20170220183043/https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf. 2017-02-20. live.
  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. 161. es. 2020-03-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20121115044918/http://archive.org/details/informesobreelc00joangoog. 2012-11-15. live.
  7. Web site: Así fue la implosión del bolo en Morovis. 25 July 2018. Primera Hora. es. 23 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190623004319/https://www.primerahora.com/videos/noticias/puertorico/asifuelaimplosiondelboloenmorovis-248767/. 23 June 2019. live.
  8. Web site: Situación en PR-155 de Morovis "no es tan fácil como sacar una piedra". Situation on PR Highway 155 in Morovis not as simple as just removing a rock. es. 28 March 2018. El Nuevo Dia. 23 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190623004930/https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/nota/situacionenpr-155demorovisnoestanfacilcomosacarunapiedra-2410234/. 23 June 2019. live.
  9. Web site: "Estaba asustada, pidiéndole a papito Dios que pudiéramos cruzar el río para ver a nuestra familia". "We were scared, asking dear God that we be able to cross the river to see our family". El Nuevo Día . 2018-09-18 . es . 2021-08-08.
  10. Web site: US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition . factfinder.com . US Census . 5 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170513190743/https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm . 13 May 2017 . dead .
  11. Web site: Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget). Puerto Rico Budgets. es. 28 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190628234856/http://www.presupuesto.pr.gov/Presupuesto2015-2016/PresupuestosAgencias/229.htm. 28 June 2019. live.
  12. Web site: Leyes del 2001. Lex Juris Puerto Rico. es. 24 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20180914224408/http://www.lexjuris.com/lexlex/Leyes2001/lex2001001.htm. 14 September 2018. live.
  13. Web site: PRECINTO ELECTORAL MOROVIS 020. Comisión Estatal de Elecciones . PR Government . 8 October 2019. 24 June 2020. es.
  14. Web site: Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica . Twitter . 28 January 2022.

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