Collores, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico facts for kids

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Barrio
View of Collores from the telecommunications tower nearby
Location of Collores within the municipality of Las Piedras shown in red
Collores, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Las Piedras
Area
• Total	3.76 sq mi (9.7 km²)
• Land	3.75 sq mi (9.7 km²)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km²)
Elevation	443 ft (135 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	4,710
• Density	1,256/sq mi (485/km²)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
ZIP Code	00771

Collores is a barrio in the municipality of Las Piedras, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,710.

History

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 combined population of Collores barrio and Boquerón barrio was 1,528.