Plata, Aibonito, Puerto Rico

Plata
Barrio
Puerto Rico Highway 173 in Plata
Location of Plata within the municipality of Aibonito shown in red
Plata Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°09′40″N66°14′08″W / 18.161043°N 66.23563°W / 18.161043; -66.23563 [1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Aibonito
Area [1]
• Total	2.92 sq mi (7.6 km2)
• Land	2.92 sq mi (7.6 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation [2]	1,037 ft (316 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	1,724
• Density	590.4/sq mi (228.0/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
ZIP Code	00786

Plata (also La Plata) ^[3] is a barrio in the municipality of Aibonito, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,724. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

History

The barrio was in Spain's gazetteers ^[7] 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 Plata barrio was 1,554. ^[8]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	1,554		—
1910	2,281		46.8%
1920	2,481		8.8%
1930	1,929		−22.2%
1940	1,755		−9.0%
1950	1,744		−0.6%
1960	1,687		−3.3%
1980	1,675		—
1990	1,734		3.5%
2000	1,863		7.4%
2010	1,724		−7.5%
U.S. Decennial Census [9] 1899 (shown as 1900) [10] 1910-1930 [11] 1930-1950 [12] 1980-2000 [13] 2010 [14]

Sectors

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

The following sectors are in Plata barrio: ^[19]

Carretera 727, Carretera 728, La Tuca, Sector Amoldaderos, Sector Empalme, Sector Escuelas, Sector Fraternidad, Sector Hoyo Frío, Sector Hoyo Oscura, Sector La Calle, Sector La Cantera, Sector La Parada, Sector Los Chorritos, Sector Los Muros, Sector Naguita, Urbanización Paseo del Plata, and Urbanización Valle de la Plata.

Special communities

Since 2001 when law 1-2001 was passed, ^[20] measures have been taken to identify and address the high levels of poverty and the lack of resources and opportunities affecting specific communities in Puerto Rico. Initially there were 686 places that made the list. ^[21] By 2008, there were 742 places on the list of Comunidades especiales de Puerto Rico. The places on the list are barrios, communities, sectors, or neighborhoods and in 2004, Amoldadero in La Plata, and Los Muros in La Plata made the list. ^[21] In 2017, Jesus Velez Vargas, the director of the Special Communities of Puerto Rico program stated that the program was evolving with more ways to help the residents of these so-called marginal communities. ^{[22] [23]}

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico
• List of barrios and sectors of Aibonito, Puerto Rico

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Plata barrio
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-22. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
4. Picó, Rafael; Buitrago de Santiago, Zayda; Berrios, Hector H. (1969). 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.
5. 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.
6. Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
7. "Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881". Biblioteca Nacional de España (in Spanish). p. 1614. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
8. 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.
9. "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
10. "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
11. "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
12. "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
13. "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
14. 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 2019-08-02.
15. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
16. "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
17. 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
18. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
19. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL AIBONITO 069" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 21 September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
20. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2019.
21. "Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico" (in Spanish). 8 August 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
22. "Evoluciona el proyecto de Comunidades Especiales". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 24 February 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
23. "Ya es ley Oficina para el Desarrollo Socioeconómico y Comunitario". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2019.

External links

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Plata barrio