Indiera Alta

Indiera Alta is a barrio in the municipality of Maricao, Puerto Rico. Its 2010 population was 1,369.^[3][4][5]

Indiera Alta
Barrio
Location of Indiera Alta within the municipality of Maricao shown in red
Indiera Alta Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°09′48″N 66°52′22″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Maricao
Area [1]
• Total	8.11 sq mi (21.0 km2)
• Land	8.11 sq mi (21.0 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation [2]	2,198 ft (670 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	1,369
• Density	168.8/sq mi (65.2/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

History

Indiera Alta is one of the three Indieras de Maricao, the other two being Indiera Baja and Indiera Fría. Difficult to access, this geographic area served as a refuge for Taínos fleeing Spanish and other European colonizers, who began colonizing Puerto Rico in the 15th century.^[6]

Indiera Alta was in Spain's gazetteers^[7] 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 Indiera Alta barrio was 1,145.^[8]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	1,145		—
1910	1,092		−4.6%
1920	1,235		13.1%
1930	935		−24.3%
1940	981		4.9%
1950	1,776		81.0%
1960	1,715		−3.4%
1970	1,187		−30.8%
1980	1,332		12.2%
1990	1,155		−13.3%
2000	1,379		19.4%
2010	1,369		−0.7%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[9] 1910-1930[10] 1930-1950[11] 1960[12] 1980-2000[13] 2010[14]

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: Indiera Alta 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. "La Historia de Puerto Rico a través de sus Barrios: Indieras de Maricao [The History of Puerto Rico through its Barrios: Indieras of Maricao]" (video). www.pbslearningmedia.org (in Spanish). Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
7. "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.
8. 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. 164.
9. "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.
10. "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.
11. "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.
12. Census of Population, 1960: Number of Inhabitants, General Population Characteristics, General Social and Economic Characteristics, and Detailed Characteristics. Characteristics of the population. 1963. p. 53. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
13. "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.
14. 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.