Isla de Mona e Islote Monito, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Isla de Mona e Islote Monito is an island-barrio of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. The U.S. census of 2000 reports six housing units, but a population of zero.^[3] The barrio is made up of the islands of Mona and Monito. In 2010, there was a population of 5. This is the largest barrio of Mayagüez by area.^[4] The total land area of both islands in the barrio is about 56.93 km² (Mona Island 56.783 km² and nearby Monito Island 0.147 km²), and it comprises 28.3 percent of the total land area of the municipality of Mayagüez. Desecheo Island, 49 km to the northeast, is part of Sabanetas barrio. The Mona Island Lighthouse is located in the barrio. Isla de Mona e Islote Monito is surrounded by the Mona Passage.

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	6		—
1910	28		366.7%
1920	35		25.0%
1930	35		0.0%
1940	156		345.7%
1950	3		−98.1%
1960	0		−100.0%
1970	6		—
1980	0		−100.0%
1990	0		—
2000	0		—
2010	5		—
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[5] 1910-1930[6] 1930-1950[7] 1980-2000[8] 2010[9]

Isla de Mona e Islote Monito
Barrio
Playa Pájaros in Mona Island
Location of Isla de Mona e Islote Monito within the municipality of Mayagüez shown in red
Isla de Mona e Islote Monito Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°05′02″N 67°53′11″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Mayagüez
Area [1]
• Total	30.11 sq mi (78.0 km2)
• Land	21.98 sq mi (56.9 km2)
• Water	8.13 sq mi (21.1 km2)
Elevation [2]	197 ft (60 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	5
• Density	.2/sq mi (0.08/km2)
	2010 census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Main article: Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

History

Isla de Mona e Islote Monito were in Spain's gazetteers^[10] 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 Mona was 6.^[11]

See also

• Puerto Rico portal
• Geography 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: Isla de Mona e Islote Monito barrio
3. "US Census (2000)". Archived from the original on 2020-02-14. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
4. Cedó Alzamora, Federico (2010). MAYAGÜEZ,SU NOMBRE, SOBRENOMBRES Y LOS DE SUS BARRIOS (PDF). Mayagüez: Gobierno Municipal de Mayagüez. pp. 26–27.
5. "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.
6. "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.
7. "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.
8. "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.
9. 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.
10. "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.
11. 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.

del Valle Schorske, Carina. 21 March 2024. Mysteries: The Terrifying Allure of a Remote Caribbean Island. New York Times article.

External links

• Media related to Mona Island and Monito Island at Wikimedia Commons