Medianía Alta

Medianía Alta is a barrio in the municipality of Loíza, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 8,019.^[3][4][5]

Medianía Alta
Barrio
High school in Medianía Alta
Location of Medianía Alta within the municipality of Loíza shown in red
Medianía Alta Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°25′37″N 65°50′25″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Loíza
Area [1]
• Total	2.29 sq mi (5.9 km2)
• Land	1.63 sq mi (4.2 km2)
• Water	0.66 sq mi (1.7 km2)
Elevation [2]	10 ft (3 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	8,019
• Density	4,860/sq mi (1,880/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

History

Medianía 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 combined population of Medianía Alta and Medianía Baja barrios was 2,296.^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1910	1,334		—
1920	1,708		28.0%
1930	2,197		28.6%
1940	2,608		18.7%
1950	3,723		42.8%
1960	4,254		14.3%
1970	6,164		44.9%
1980	6,754		9.6%
1990	8,231		21.9%
2000	9,482		15.2%
2010	8,019		−15.4%
U.S. Decennial Census 1900 (N/A)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12]

Features

The municipal gymnasium is located in Medianía Alta^[13] and in 2020, the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee invested in infrastructure for sports in Medianía Alta.^[14]

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)^[15] 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.^[16][17][18]

The following sectors are in Medianía Alta barrio:^[19]

Comunidad Los Sánchez, Condominio Costa Mar West, Condominio Villa del Mar Beach Resort, Costa Mar Apartments, El Ceiba, Melilla, Miñi Miñe, Parcelas Vieques, Pueblo del Niño, Sector Colobó, Sector El Parrilla, Sector Las Carreras, Sector Los Calcaño, Sector Los Vizcarrondo, Sector Villa Batata, Sector Villa Colobó, Sector Villa Cristiana, Tocones, Urbanización El Portal, Urbanización Villa Miñi Miñe, Villa Batata, Villa Mosquito, Villa Santos, and Villa Toledo.

Gallery

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  A building and people's shadows in Medianía Alta

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

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

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Medianía 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. "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. "Escalan Gimnasio Municipal de Loíza". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 2021-03-12. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
14. Etchells, Daniel (2012-10-30). "Puerto Rico Olympic Committee signs agreement with Olympamérica Program". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
15. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
16. "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
17. 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
18. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
19. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL LOÍZA 103" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2020.