| Official Name: | Sumidero |
| Settlement Type: | Barrio |
| Pushpin Map: | Caribbean |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates: | 18.2262°N -66.123°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Commonwealth |
| Subdivision Name: |  Puerto Rico |
| Subdivision Type1: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name1: | Aguas Buenas |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 6.36 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 6.36 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Note: | Source: 2010 Census |
| Population Total: | 8008 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1259.1 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1476 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Sumidero is a barrio in the municipality of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 8,008. In Sumidero barrio is part of the Aguas Buenas urban zone and the Santa Clara community.[2] [3] [4]
Sumidero 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 Sumidero barrio was 984.[6]
See also: Puerto Rico Office for Socioeconomic and Community Development. In 2001, law 1-2001 was passed[7] to identify marginalized communities of Puerto Rico.[8] In 2017, Governor Rosello created a new government agency to work with the Special Communities of Puerto Rico Program.[9] [10] Parcelas Santa Clara in Sumidero is one of the 742 places on the list of Spanish; Castilian: Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico.