Ciénaga Alta

Ciénaga Alta
Barrio
Location of Ciénaga Alta within the municipality of Río Grande shown in red
Ciénaga Alta Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°19′28″N 65°51′40″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Río Grande
Area [1]
• Total	4.48 sq mi (11.6 km^2)
• Land	4.48 sq mi (11.6 km^2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km^2)
Elevation [2]	735 ft (224 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	4,911
• Density	1,096.2/sq mi (423.2/km^2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Ciénaga Alta is a barrio in the municipality of Río Grande, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,911.^[3][4][5]

History

Ciénaga Alta 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 Ciénaga barrio (which are Ciénaga Baja and Ciénaga Alta) was 1,610.^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1910	679		—
1920	791		16.5%
1930	751		−5.1%
1940	873		16.2%
1950	1,308		49.8%
1960	1,965		50.2%
1970	2,525		28.5%
1980	3,001		18.9%
1990	3,768		25.6%
2000	4,606		22.2%
2010	4,911		6.6%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12]

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)^[13] 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.^[14][15][16]

The following sectors are in Ciénaga Alta barrio:^[17][18]

Camino Mayagüeces, Comunidad Campo Alegre, Parcelas Malpica, and Urbanización Luzbella.

Features

Lilium, a small fragrant flower, has been cultivated in Ciénaga Alta for generations.^[19]

The Nathaniel (Taín) Ramos González mini-stadium is a small baseball stadium located in Ciénaga Alta.^[20]

See also

• List of communities in Puerto Rico
• List of barrios and sectors of Río Grande, Puerto Rico

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government. Archived from the original on 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ciénaga 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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
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. 162.
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. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
14. "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
15. Rivera Quintero, Marcia (2014), El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 (first ed.), San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón, ISBN 978-0-9820806-1-0
16. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
17. "DESGLOSE DE SECTORES Y CENTROS DE VOTACIÓN PRECINTO ELECTORAL - RÍO GRANDE 101" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 14 September 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
18. "DESGLOSE DE SECTORES Y CENTROS DE VOTACIÓN PRECINTO ELECTORAL - RÍO GRANDE 102" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 14 September 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
19. "Azucenas en tierra boricua trascienden generaciones". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). 2017-07-08. Archived from the original on 2020-07-19. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
20. "Ley Núm. 246 de 2010 -Para designar con el nombre de "Nathaniel (Taín) Ramos González", al Mini Estadio de Béisbol, ubicado en la Comunidad La Dolores, Barrio Ciénaga Alta en Río Grande". LexJuris de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2020-01-17. Retrieved 2021-09-01.