Perchas, Morovis, Puerto Rico

Perchas is a barrio in the municipality of Morovis, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,336.[3][4][5]

Perchas
Barrio
Sign in Perchas barrio in Morovis, on Puerto Rico Highway 155, Km 35.9.
Location of Perchas within the municipality of Morovis shown in red
Perchas
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°16′40″N 66°24′14″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Morovis
Government
 • MayorCarmen Maldonado González
Area
 • Total2.71 sq mi (7.0 km2)
 • Land2.71 sq mi (7.0 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation1,273 ft (388 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total1,336
 • Density493/sq mi (190/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)
Zip code
00687

Puerto Rico Highway 155 from Perchas in Morovis takes one to the adjoining municipality of Orocovis.

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 Perchas barrio was 1,124.[6]

Hurricane Maria

Hurricane Maria on September 20, 2017, caused a landslide in Perchas that caused a huge rock to teeter above Puerto Rico Highway 155, threatening homes, infrastructure and motorists. Six months later, a controlled implosion was used to disintegrate the huge rock in order for the area to be cleared of the threat.[7][8]

Sectors

Barrios (which are like minor civil divisions)[9] 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.[10][11][12]

The following sectors are in Perchas barrio:[13]

Sector Adrovet, Sector Arraijanes, Sector El Castillo, Sector El Zapato, Sector Los Naranjos, Sector Los Santos, Sector Perchas Díaz, Sector Perchas Quirós, Sector Perchas, Sector Radar, and Tramo Carretera 155.

See also

References
  1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Perchas 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. Archived from the original on 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  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. Archived from the original on 2012-11-15. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  7. "Así fue la implosión del bolo en Morovis". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 1 January 0001. Archived from the original on 23 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  8. "Situación en PR-155 de Morovis "no es tan fácil como sacar una piedra"" [Situation on PR Highway 155 in Morovis not as simple as just removing a rock]. El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 28 March 2018. Archived from the original on 23 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  9. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  10. "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  11. 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
  12. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  13. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL MOROVIS 020" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2020.


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