Yahuecas, Adjuntas, Puerto Rico

Yahuecas
Barrio
Location of Yahuecas barrio within the municipality of Adjuntas shown in red
Yahuecas Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°11′55″N66°47′45″W / 18.198488°N 66.795954°W / 18.198488; -66.795954 [1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Adjuntas
Area [1]
• Total	4.76 sq mi (12.3 km2)
• Land	4.76 sq mi (12.3 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation [2]	1,598 ft (487 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	1,396
• Density	293.3/sq mi (113.2/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
Website	adjuntaspr.com

Yahuecas is a rural barrio in the municipality of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. ^{[3] [4]} The population of Yahuecas in 2010 was 1396. ^[5]

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 Yahuecas barrio was 1,710. ^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	1,710		—
1910	1,575		−7.9%
1920	1,704		8.2%
1930	1,770		3.9%
1940	1,860		5.1%
1950	2,044		9.9%
1960	1,712		−16.2%
1980	1,319		—
1990	1,497		13.5%
2000	1,434		−4.2%
2010	1,396		−2.6%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) [8] 1910-1930 [9] 1930-1950 [10] 1960 [11] 1980-2000 [12] 2010 [13]

Special Community

Since 2001 when law 1-2001 was passed, ^[14] measures have been taken to identify and address the high levels of poverty and lack of resources and opportunities affecting specific communities in Puerto Rico. Initially there were 686 places that made the list. ^[15] 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 Yahuecas was one of the seven areas in Adjuntas that made the list of Special Community. ^[15]

In August 2020, the United States released Federal Emergency Management Agency funds in support of the coffee industry, directly benefitting a coffee packaging plant in Yahuecas barrio. The funds were in response to millions of dollars lost by the agricultural industry of Puerto Rico when Hurricane Maria hit the commonwealth on September 20, 2017. ^[16]

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yahuecas 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. "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.
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.  165.
8. "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.
9. "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.
10. "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.
11. Census of Population, 1960: Number of Inhabitants, General Population Characteristics, General Social and Economic Characteristics, and Detailed Characteristics. Characteristics of the population. U.S. Bureau of the Census. 1963. pp. 97–101. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
12. "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.
13. 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.
14. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2019.
15. "Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico" (in Spanish). 8 August 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
16. "FEMA libera $2.6 millones para invertir en la agricultura local". Villalba Online (in Spanish). 2020-08-26. Retrieved 2021-01-04.

External links

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yahuecas