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Montaña
Barrio
Location of Montaña
Montaña, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico is located in Caribbean
Montaña, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Montaña, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth  Puerto Rico
Municipality Aguadilla
Area
 • Total 1.55 sq mi (4.0 km2)
 • Land 1.55 sq mi (4.0 km2)
 • Water 0.00 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
226 ft (69 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 4,068
 • Density 2,624.5/sq mi (1,013.3/km2)
  Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Montaña is a rural barrio in the municipality of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,068. In Montaña barrio is the San Antonio community.

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 population of Montaña barrio was 633.

Historical population
Census Pop.
1900 633
1950 875
1980 3,242
1990 3,804 17.3%
2000 4,027 5.9%
2010 4,068 1.0%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930
1930-1950 1980-2000 2010

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) 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.

The following sectors are in Montaña barrio:

Poblado San Antonio, Reparto Chepo Fernández, Reparto Los Pinos, Reparto Roldán, Residencial Nuevo San Antonio, Sector Campo Alegre, Sector Las Palmas, Sector Pablo Hernández, Sector Parcelas Nuevas, Sector Villa Primavera, Urbanización Brisas de Campo Alegre, Urbanización Marín García, Urbanización Paseo Campo Alegre, Urbanización Paseo Continental, Urbanización Villa Sotomayor, and Villa Jardines.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Montaña (Aguadilla) para niños

  • List of communities in Puerto Rico
  • List of barrios and sectors of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
  • Atlantic Gardens Veterans Cemetery
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