Río Cañas Arriba, Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico

Río Cañas Arriba is a barrio in the municipality of Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,165.^[3][4][5]

Río Cañas Arriba
Barrio
Location of Río Cañas Arriba within the municipality of Juana Díaz shown in red
Río Cañas Arriba Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°02′49″N 66°26′30″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Juana Díaz
Area [1]
• Total	4.19 sq mi (10.9 km2)
• Land	4.18 sq mi (10.8 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation [2]	453 ft (138 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	2,165
• Density	517.9/sq mi (200.0/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

History

Río Cañas Arriba 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 Río Cañas Arriba barrio was 990.^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	990		—
1910	975		−1.5%
1920	1,136		16.5%
1930	909		−20.0%
1940	895		−1.5%
1950	902		0.8%
1960	797		−11.6%
1970	808		1.4%
1980	1,041		28.8%
1990	977		−6.1%
2000	2,332		138.7%
2010	2,165		−7.2%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12]

Features

Río Cañas Arriba is close enough to the Guayabal reservoir that if the reservoir were to overfill, and the dam's overfill doors automatically opened, residents would have a short time to evacuate. The torrential rains of Hurricane Laura in August 2020 almost caused the reservoir's doors to automatically open and residents were on alert.^[13]

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: Río Cañas Arriba 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. "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.
12. 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.
13. Torres Guzmán, Sandra (2020-08-23). "Alertan a 170 familias en Juana Díaz ante posible situación con la represa Guayabal [170 families on alert regarding possible situation with the Guayabal dam ]". Primera Hora (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-04-03.