Cuchillas, Corozal, Puerto Rico
{{Short description|Barrio of Puerto Rico}}
{{Other uses|Cuchillas (disambiguation){{!}}Cuchillas}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Cuchillas
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = es
| settlement_type = Barrio
| image_skyline = Barrio Cuchillas, Corozal, Puerto Rico.jpg
| image_caption = A home in the hills of Cuchillas
| image_map = Cuchillas, Corozal, Puerto Rico locator map.png
| map_caption = Location of Cuchillas within the municipality of Corozal shown in red
| pushpin_map = Caribbean
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Puerto Rico
| coordinates = {{Coord|18.294375|-66.362952|region:US-PR|format=dms|display=inline, title}}
| subdivision_type = Commonwealth
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Puerto Rico}}
| subdivision_type1 = Municipality
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Corozal.svg}} Corozal
| unit_pref = Imperial
| area_total_sq_mi = 2.69
| area_land_sq_mi = 2.69
| area_water_sq_mi = 0
| population_as_of = 2010
| population_footnotes =
| population_note = Source: 2010 Census
| population_total = 1551
| population_density_sq_mi = 576.6
| timezone = AST
| utc_offset = −4
| elevation_footnotes = {{GNIS|2415028|Cuchillas barrio}}
| elevation_ft = 1549
| postal_code_type = ZIP Code
| postal_code =
| area_code =
}}
Cuchillas is a rural barrio in the municipality of Corozal, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,551.{{cite book |last1=Picó |first1=Rafael |last2=Buitrago de Santiago |first2=Zayda |last3=Berrios |first3=Hector H. |title=Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. |url=https://archive.org/details/nuevageografad00pic/page/247|publisher=San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969}}{{cite book|author=Gwillim Law|title=Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=nXCeCQAAQBAJ|access-date=25 December 2018|date=20 May 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-0447-3|page=300}}{{cite book|title=Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf|url=https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|year=2010|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2018-12-29|archive-date=2017-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220183043/https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|url-status=live}}
History
Cuchillas was in Spain's gazetteers{{cite web | title=Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881 | website=Biblioteca Nacional de España | url=https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=9047075f-3c7e-411c-9e1e-41a2f650e1ba&page=1587 | language=es |page=1614| access-date=4 April 2023}} 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 Cuchillas barrio was 585.
{{cite book|author1=Joseph Prentiss Sanger|author2=Henry Gannett|author3=Walter Francis Willcox|title=Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office|url=https://archive.org/details/informesobreelc00joangoog|year=1900|publisher=Imprenta del gobierno|page=[https://archive.org/details/informesobreelc00joangoog/page/n252 161]| language=es}}
Boundaries
Cuchillas is located in the northwestern section of Corozal. Cuchillas shares a border with Padilla, Negros, Palmarito and Magueyes, all barrios of Corozal as well as with Cuchillas in Morovis municipality. The Río Grande de Manatí runs along the southern border of Cuchillas, between Cuchillas and Magueyes and intersects with the Orocovis River.{{cite book |title=Mapa de Municipios y Barrios - Corozal - Memoria Núm. 61 |date=1955 |publisher=Junta de Planificación de Puerto Rico |page=19 |url=https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Memoria_61_Corozal-1955.pdf |language=es}}
Features and demographics
Cuchillas has {{convert|2.69|sqmi}} of land area and no water area. In 2010, its population was 1,551 with a population density of {{convert|576.6|PD/sqmi}}.{{cite book|title=Puerto Rico: 2010 population and housing unit counts.pdf|url=https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|year=2010|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2018-12-29|archive-date=2017-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220183043/https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|url-status=live}}
{{US Census population
| align = center
| 1900 = 585
| 1910 = 752
| 1920 = 700
| 1930 = 971
| 1940 = 1139
| 1950 = 1300
| 1960 = 1432
| 1970 = 1195
| 1980 = 1167
| 1990 = 1213
| 2000 = 1393
| 2010 = 1551
| align-fn = center
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900){{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|title=Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899|publisher=War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716033905/https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|archive-date=July 16, 2017|url-status=live}} 1910-1930{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|title=Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817181600/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|archive-date=August 17, 2017|url-status=live}}
1930-1950{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|title=Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150830033735/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|archive-date=August 30, 2015|url-status=live}} 1980-2000{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|title=Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724061852/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|archive-date=July 24, 2017|url-status=live}} 2010{{cite book|title=Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf|url=https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|year=2010|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2019-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220183043/https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|archive-date=2017-02-20|url-status=live}}
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Sectors
Barrios (which are now like minor civil divisions){{cite web |title=US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm |website=factfinder.com |publisher=US Census |access-date=5 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513190743/https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm |archive-date=13 May 2017 |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.presupuesto.pr.gov/Presupuesto2015-2016/PresupuestosAgencias/229.htm|title=Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)|website=Puerto Rico Budgets|language=es|access-date=28 June 2019|archive-date=28 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628234856/http://www.presupuesto.pr.gov/Presupuesto2015-2016/PresupuestosAgencias/229.htm|url-status=live}}{{Citation | author1=Rivera Quintero, Marcia | title=El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 | publication-date=2014 | publisher=San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón | edition=first | isbn=978-0-9820806-1-0 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.lexjuris.com/lexlex/Leyes2001/lex2001001.htm|title=Leyes del 2001|website=Lex Juris Puerto Rico|language=es|access-date=24 June 2020|archive-date=14 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914224408/http://www.lexjuris.com/lexlex/Leyes2001/lex2001001.htm|url-status=live}}
{{lang|es|Sector Berio,
Sector Car Wash,
Sector Collazo,
Sector Guayabo,
Sector Hormigas II,
Sector La Pajona,
Sector Los Cocos,
Sector Los Indios,
Sector Los Rosado,
Sector Millo Santiago,
Sector Siquín Morales,
Sector Tivo Vázquez}}, and {{lang|es|Sector Toñito Santiago}}.
See also
{{Portal|Puerto Rico}}
References
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External links
- {{GNIS|2415028|Cuchillas barrio}}
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