Collores, Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico
Collores is a barrio in the municipality of Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,073.[3][4][5]
Collores | |
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Barrio | |
 La Ruta Panorámica in Collores, Juana Díaz | |
  Collores | |
| Coordinates: 18°07′05″N 66°32′28″W[1] | |
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| Municipality |  |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10.21 sq mi (26.4 km2) |
| • Land | 10.21 sq mi (26.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 965 ft (294 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,073 |
| • Density | 203.0/sq mi (78.4/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Luis Lloréns Torres poem El Valle de Collores has made Collores one of the most well-known barrios of the island of Puerto Rico.[6]
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 Collores barrio was 2,835.[7]
Gallery
Panoramic view from Collores
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See also
References
- "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Collores Barrio
- 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.
- 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.
- Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
- Inocencio, Rafael Torrech San. "Historia del Barrio de Collores 80 Grados R.Torrech Julio 2019". 80 Grados – via www.academia.edu.
- 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. 165.
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