Río Hondo, Comerío, Puerto Rico

Río Hondo is a barrio in the municipality of Comerío, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2300.[3][4][5]

Río Hondo
Barrio
Location of Río Hondo within the municipality of Comerío shown in red
Río Hondo
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°12′34″N 66°15′30″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Comerío
Area
  Total5.25 sq mi (13.6 km2)
  Land5.22 sq mi (13.5 km2)
  Water0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2)
Elevation1,342 ft (409 m)
Population
 (2010)
  Total2,300
  Density440.6/sq mi (170.1/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)

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 Hondo barrio was 1,161.[6]

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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 Hondo 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. 163.


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