Pedernales, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico

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Pedernales
Barrio
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Boulders in Laguna Guaniquilla
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Location of Pedernales within the municipality of Cabo Rojo shown in red
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Pedernales
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°03′03″N67°10′34″W / 18.050822°N 67.176063°W / 18.050822; -67.176063 [1]
Commonwealth Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Municipality Flag of Cabo Rojo.svg Cabo Rojo
Area
[1]
  Total9.09 sq mi (23.5 km2)
  Land7.44 sq mi (19.3 km2)
  Water1.65 sq mi (4.3 km2)
Elevation
[2]
89 ft (27 m)
Population
 (2010)
  Total4,636
  Density623.1/sq mi (240.6/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)
ZIP code
00623

Pedernales is a barrio in the municipality of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,636. [3] [4] [5]

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History

The barrio 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 Pedernales barrio was 2,060. [7]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1900 2,060
1910 2,33213.2%
1920 2,94126.1%
1930 2,689−8.6%
1940 2,98811.1%
1950 2,777−7.1%
1960 2,058−25.9%
1980 3,218
1990 3,89621.1%
2000 4,80923.4%
2010 4,636−3.6%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900) [8] 1910-1930 [9]
1930-1950 [10] 1980-2000 [11] 2010 [12]

Features

Natural Reserve Guaniquilla is located in Pedernales. The boulders in the Guaniquilla Lagoon also in Pedernales, date back 11,000,000 years. [13]

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References

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  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pedernales 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.
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  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.
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  7. 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.  164.
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  13. "Punta Guaniquilla Nature Reserve". Para la Naturaleza. January 22, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2022.