Río Grande, Morovis, Puerto Rico

Río Grande is a barrio in the municipality of Morovis, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 594.[3][4][5]

Río Grande
Barrio
Río Grande de Manatí in Sector La Playita
Location of Río Grande within the municipality of Morovis shown in red
Río Grande
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°17′45″N 66°24′38″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Morovis
Government
 • MayorCarmen Maldonado González
Area
 • Total2.95 sq mi (7.6 km2)
 • Land2.95 sq mi (7.6 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation456 ft (139 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total594
 • Density201.4/sq mi (77.8/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)
Zip code
00687

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 Río Grande barrio was 841.[6]

La Playita Restaurant in Río Grande barrio in Morovis

Río Grande was flooded when Hurricane Maria struck on September 20, 2017. The Río Grande River destroyed many homes and came up as high as 2 feet under La Playita restaurant, which is a restaurant up on stilts. The people in the community were left isolated and without power.[7]

Sectors

Barrios (which are like minor civil divisions)[8] 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.[9][10][11]

The following sectors are in Río Grande barrio:[12]

Sector Delgado, Sector El Cerro, Sector Fontán, Sector La Playita, Sector Los Quendo, and Tramo Carretera 155.

  • Río Grande sign on PR-155
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See also

References
  1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Río Grande barrio
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
  6. 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. 161.
  7. Ortega Marrero, Melisa (23 September 2017). "Morovis: "Esto es como una pesadilla"" [Morovis:"This is like a nightmare"]. Primera Hora (in Spanish).
  8. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  9. "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  10. Rivera Quintero, Marcia (2014), El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 (first ed.), San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón, ISBN 978-0-9820806-1-0
  11. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  12. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL MOROVIS 020" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2020.


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