Sierra Alta

Sierra Alta is a barrio in the municipality of Yauco, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,063.[3][4][5]

Sierra Alta
Barrio
Location of Sierra Alta within the municipality of Yauco shown in red
Sierra Alta
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°05′25″N 66°49′02″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Yauco
Area
  Total2.94 sq mi (7.6 km2)
  Land2.94 sq mi (7.6 km2)
  Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation686 ft (209 m)
Population
 (2010)
  Total1,063
  Density361.6/sq mi (139.6/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 Sierra Alta barrio was 1,411.[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: Sierra Alta 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. 165.


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