Peña Pobre
Peña Pobre is a barrio in the municipality of Naguabo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,131.[3][4][5]
Peña Pobre | |
|---|---|
Barrio | |
 View of El Toro peak from Peña Pobre | |
 Location of Peña Pobre within the municipality of Naguabo shown in red | |
  Peña Pobre Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°13′13″N 65°48′55″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Naguabo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.38 sq mi (11.3 km2) |
| • Land | 4.38 sq mi (11.3 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 413 ft (126 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 4,131 |
| • Density | 943.2/sq mi (364.2/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
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 Peña Pobre barrio was 1,064.[7]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 1,064 | — | |
| 1910 | 1,367 | 28.5% | |
| 1920 | 1,517 | 11.0% | |
| 1930 | 1,693 | 11.6% | |
| 1940 | 1,798 | 6.2% | |
| 1950 | 1,990 | 10.7% | |
| 1960 | 1,798 | −9.6% | |
| 1980 | 3,152 | — | |
| 1990 | 3,814 | 21.0% | |
| 2000 | 3,872 | 1.5% | |
| 2010 | 4,131 | 6.7% | |
| 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 Peña Pobre barrio:[17]
Callejón Mendoza, Parcelas Nuevas, Parcelas Playa, Parcelas Viejas, Sector Centro, Sector Ciénaga, Sector El Molino Rojo, Sector El Pilón, Sector Fanduca, Sector Higüerillo, Sector La Loma, Sector La Suiza, Sector Los Benítez, Sector Mambiche Blanco, Sector Medianía Alta, Sector Medianía, Sector Peña Pobre Abajo, Sector Peña Pobre Arriba, Sector Villa Terapia, and Urbanización Villa de Monte Cristo.
Hurricane Maria
Peña Pobre was hit especially hard by Hurricane Maria on September 20, 2017. Members of Jesucristo Monte Moriah, a local church, worked with World Central Kitchen and José Andrés to prepare meals. The infrastructure had been destroyed and Puerto Ricans were finding it very difficult to find ingredients for cooking, money for buying food, or gasoline to move around. This community is located up in the mountains accessed through steep, curvy roads which had lost their borders. The community worked to cook and deliver meals to families that could not feed themselves and their families.[18]
References
- "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Peña Pobre barrio
- 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.
- 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.
- Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
- "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.
- 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. 163.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- "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.
- 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.
- "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- 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
- "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- "PRECINTO ELECTORAL Naguabo 095" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 1 August 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- Andrés, José (22 February 2018). We Fed an Island: the True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time. pp. 199–203. OCLC 1057000234 – via WorldCat.