Aceitunas

Aceitunas (Spanish for 'olives') is a barrio in the municipality of Moca, Puerto Rico with a population of 3,098 in 2010. The land area of this subdivision is 5.36 square miles (13.9 km²).^[3][4][5]

Aceitunas
Barrio
Palacete Los Moreau in Aceitunas
Location of Aceitunas within the municipality of Moca shown in red
Aceitunas Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°26′17″N 67°04′01″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Moca
Area [1]
• Total	5.36 sq mi (13.9 km2)
• Land	5.36 sq mi (13.9 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation [2]	545 ft (166 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	3,098
• Density	578/sq mi (223/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

A neighborhood within Aceitunas barrio called Aceitunas community had a total population of 1,436 people in 2010, living in 0.26 square miles (0.67 km²).

History

Aceitunas 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 Aceitunas barrio was 1,067.^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	1,067		—
1910	1,196		12.1%
1920	1,472		23.1%
1930	1,466		−0.4%
1940	1,639		11.8%
1950	1,549		−5.5%
1960	1,794		15.8%
1970	2,015		12.3%
1980	2,656		31.8%
1990	2,932		10.4%
2000	3,199		9.1%
2010	3,098		−3.2%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1960[11] 1980-2000[12] 2010[13]

Culebrinas River flooding

In late May 2019, Aceitunas and multiple other areas in various municipalities suffered flooding, felled trees, landslides and closed highways when Culebrinas River flooded.^[14]

Notable people from Aceitunas

• Enrique Laguerre, writer

Gallery

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  Puerto Rico Highway 464 in Aceitunas

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico