Sonadora | |
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Barrio | |
Coordinates: 18°16′23″N 66°07′11″W / 18.272982°N 66.119861°W[1] | |
Commonwealth | Puerto Rico |
Municipality | Aguas Buenas |
Area | |
• Total | 3.4 sq mi (9 km2) |
• Land | 3.4 sq mi (9 km2) |
• Water | 0.0 sq mi (0 km2) |
Elevation | 1,207 ft (368 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 3,191 |
• Density | 938.5/sq mi (362.4/km2) |
Source: 2010 Census | |
Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Sonadora is a barrio in the municipality of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,191. In Sonadora barrio is part of the Aguas Buenas urban zone.[3][4][5]
Sonadora 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 Sonadora and Mula barrio was 1,183.[7]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1910 | 573 | — | |
1920 | 839 | 46.4% | |
1930 | 1,031 | 22.9% | |
1940 | 1,223 | 18.6% | |
1950 | 1,402 | 14.6% | |
1960 | 1,611 | 14.9% | |
1970 | 1,947 | 20.9% | |
1980 | 2,009 | 3.2% | |
1990 | 2,432 | 21.1% | |
2000 | 2,845 | 17.0% | |
2010 | 3,191 | 12.2% | |
U.S. Decennial Census 1900 (N/A)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12] |
See also: Puerto Rico Office for Socioeconomic and Community Development |
In 2001, law 1-2001 was passed[13] to identify marginalized communities of Puerto Rico.[14] In 2017, Governor Rosello created a new government agency to work with the Special Communities of Puerto Rico Program.[15][16] Sonadora is one of the 742 places on the list of Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico.[17]