Atalaya, Aguada, Puerto Rico
History
Atalaya was in Spain's gazetteers 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 Atalaya barrio and Jagüey barrio was 1,195.
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | 586 | — | |
| 1920 | 731 | 24.7% | |
| 1930 | 1,031 | 41.0% | |
| 1940 | 953 | −7.6% | |
| 1950 | 1,449 | 52.0% | |
| 1960 | 1,541 | 6.3% | |
| 1970 | 1,840 | 19.4% | |
| 1980 | 2,350 | 27.7% | |
| 1990 | 2,430 | 3.4% | |
| 2000 | 2,767 | 13.9% | |
| 2010 | 3,108 | 12.3% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1900 (N/A) 1910-1930 1930-1950 1960 1980-2000 2010 | |||
Sectors
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) 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.
The following sectors are in Atalaya barrio:
Sector Figueroa, Sector Juanito Abreu, Sector Los Concepción, Sector Los Cordero, Sector Los Rodríguez, Sector Matias, Sector Pedro Ruíz, and Tramo Carretera 411.
Earthquakes
During the 2019-2020 Puerto Rico earthquakes the Lydia Meléndez School in Asomante barrio served as a refuge for residents from Atalaya, Cerro Gordo, and Las Marías (nearby barrios), who had to leave their damaged homes.
