Asomante, Aguada, Puerto Rico

Asomante is a barrio in the municipality of Aguada, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,177.^[3][4][5]

Asomante
Barrio
Location of Asomante within the municipality of Aguada shown in red
Asomante Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°23′02″N 67°10′20″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Aguada
Area [1]
• Total	1.834 sq mi (4.75 km2)
• Land	1.834 sq mi (4.75 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation [2]	52 ft (16 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	3,177
• Density	1,736.1/sq mi (670.3/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
ZIP Code	00602
Area code(s)	787, 939

History

Asomante 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 combined population of Asomante barrio and Piedras Blancas barrio was 1,162.^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1910	287		—
1920	334		16.4%
1930	426		27.5%
1940	434		1.9%
1950	466		7.4%
1960	667		43.1%
1970	0		−100.0%
1980	1,914		—
1990	2,613		36.5%
2000	3,268		25.1%
2010	3,117		−4.6%
U.S. Decennial Census 1900 (N/A)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1960[11] 1980-2000[12] 2010[13]

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)^[14] 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 Asomante barrio:^[15]

Apartamentos Portales del Navegante, Avenida Rotario, Carretera 416 (west side), Carretera 417 Norte, Carretera 417 Sur, Égida Hogar Mi Casita Feliz, Hogar María del Carmen, Parcelas Las Minas, Reparto Bonet, Residencial Aguada Gardens, Residencial Los Almendros, Sector Acevedo, Sector Brisas de Coloso, Sector Colinas del Valle, Sector Corozas, Sector Cuesta Los Chicharrones, Sector Las Guabas, Sector Los Quiñones, Sector Muñiz, Sector Vargas, Sector Vertedero, Sector Villa Alameda, Sector Villarrubia, Urbanización Los Flamboyanes, Urbanización San Francisco, Urbanización y Extensión Jardines de Aguada, and Urbanización y Extensión San José.

In Asomante barrio is part of the Aguada urban zone.^[5]

Earthquakes

During the 2019-2020 Puerto Rico earthquakes the Lydia Meléndez School in Asomante served as a refuge for residents from Cerro Gordo, Las Marías and Atalaya (nearby barrios) who had to leave their damaged homes.^[16]

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico
• List of barrios and sectors of Aguada, Puerto Rico

References

1. "US Gazetteer". US Census. US Government.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Asomante 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. 160.
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. Census of Population, 1960: Number of Inhabitants, General Population Characteristics, General Social and Economic Characteristics, and Detailed Characteristics. Characteristics of the population. U.S. Bureau of the Census. 1963. pp. 97–101. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
12. "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.
13. 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.
14. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
15. "DESGLOSE DE SECTORES Y CENTROS DE VOTACIÓN PRECINTO ELECTORAL - AGUADA 038" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 28 October 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
16. "Estos son los daños e incidentes reportados en cada pueblo tras el poderoso terremoto de 6.4 [These are the damages and incidents reported in each town after the strong 6.4 earthquake]". El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). 7 January 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.

External links

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Asomante
• Government of PR Directory of Municipalities