Cuchillas (Barrio Cuchillas) is a rural barrio in the municipality of Morovis, Puerto Rico. Cuchillas has fourteen sectors and its population in 2010 was 2,333.[3][4][5]
Cuchillas | |
|---|---|
Barrio | |
 View from near the top of Cuchillas in Morovis | |
 Location of Cuchillas within the municipality of Morovis shown in red | |
  Cuchillas Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°18′16″N 66°23′09″W / 18.304461°N 66.385908°W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Morovis |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.9 sq mi (8 km2) |
| • Land | 2.9 sq mi (8 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,148 ft (350 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,333 |
| • Density | 804.5/sq mi (310.6/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| ZIP code | 00687 |
History
Cuchillas 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 Cuchillas barrio was 716.[7]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 716 | — | |
| 1910 | 822 | 14.8% | |
| 1920 | 1,017 | 23.7% | |
| 1930 | 1,149 | 13.0% | |
| 1940 | 1,084 | −5.7% | |
| 1950 | 1,369 | 26.3% | |
| 1960 | 1,126 | −17.8% | |
| 1970 | 1,023 | −9.1% | |
| 1980 | 1,021 | −0.2% | |
| 1990 | 1,164 | 14.0% | |
| 2000 | 2,211 | 89.9% | |
| 2010 | 2,333 | 5.5% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12] | |||
Sectors
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[13] 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.[14][15][16]
The following sectors are in Cuchillas barrio:[17]
Parcelas Juan José Otero Claverol, Sector Cuchillas, Sector El Bombo, Sector El Cocal, Sector Gobeo, Sector La Placita, Sector Las Ánimas, Sector Los Burgos, Sector Los Otero, Sector Los Reyes, Sector Pimiento, Sector Platanal, Sector Rosado, and Sector Sandoval.
See also
References
External links
Media related to Cuchillas (Morovis) at Wikimedia Commons
