Isla de Mona e Islote Monito, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Isla de Mona e Islote Monito is an island-barrio of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. The US census of 2000 reports six housing units, but a population of zero.[3] The barrio is made up of the islands of Mona and Monito. In 2010, there was a population of 5. This is the largest ward of Mayagüez by area.[4] The total land area of both islands in the barrio is about 56.93 km2 (Mona Island 56.783 km2 and nearby Monito Island 0.147 km2), and it comprises 28.3 percent of the total land area of the municipality of Mayagüez. Desecheo Island, 49 km to the northeast, is part of Sabanetas barrio. The Mona Island Lighthouse is located in the ward. Isla de Mona e Islote Monito is surrounded by the Mona Passage.
Isla de Mona e Islote Monito | |
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Barrio | |
Playa Pájaros in Mona Island | |
Location of Isla de Mona e Islote Monito within the municipality of Mayagüez shown in red | |
Isla de Mona e Islote Monito Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°05′02″N 67°53′11″W / 18.08385°N 67.886337°W[1] | |
| Commonwealth | Puerto Rico |
| Municipality | Mayagüez |
| Area | |
| • Total | 30.11 sq mi (78.0 km2) |
| • Land | 21.98 sq mi (56.9 km2) |
| • Water | 8.13 sq mi (21.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 197 ft (60 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 5 |
| • Density | .2/sq mi (0.08/km2) |
| 2010 census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
History
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 Mona was 6.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Isla de Mona e Islote Monito barrio
- ^ "US Census (2000)". Archived from the original on 2020-02-14. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
- ^ Cedó Alzamora, Federico (2010). MAYAGÜEZ,SU NOMBRE, SOBRENOMBRES Y LOS DE SUS BARRIOS (PDF). Mayagüez: Gobierno Municipal de Mayagüez. pp. 26–27.
- ^ 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. 164.
External links
- Media related to Mona Island and Monito Island at Wikimedia Commons