Maleza Alta, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

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Maleza Alta
Barrio
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Maleza Alta
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°29′57″N67°07′24″W / 18.499247°N 67.123228°W / 18.499247; -67.123228 [1]
Commonwealth Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Municipality Bandera de Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.svg Aguadilla
Area
[1]
  Total2.28 sq mi (5.9 km2)
  Land2.02 sq mi (5.2 km2)
  Water0.26 sq mi (0.7 km2)
Elevation
[2]
203 ft (62 m)
Population
 (2010)
  Total1,800
  Density891.1/sq mi (344.1/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Maleza Alta is a rural barrio in the municipality of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,800. [3] [4] [5]

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History

Maleza Alta was in Spain's gazetteers [6] until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Maleza Alta barrio was 784. [7]

The Ramey Air Force Base, a former United States Air Force Base is in Maleza Alta.

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1900 784
1910 1,08438.3%
1920 1,19510.2%
1930 1,130−5.4%
1940 1,71151.4%
1950 553−67.7%
1960 4,957796.4%
1970 3,964−20.0%
1980 2,021−49.0%
1990 1,443−28.6%
2000 1,61311.8%
2010 1,80011.6%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900) [8] 1910-1930 [9]
1930-1950 [10] 1980-2000 [11] 2010 [12]

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) [13] 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. [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

The following sectors are in Maleza Alta barrio: [19]

Urbanización Villa Liza.

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