Ala de la Piedra facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Ala de la Piedra
Barrio
Salto de Doña Juana in Ala de la Piedra
Location of Ala de la Piedra within the municipality of Orocovis shown in red
Ala de la Piedra Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Orocovis
Area
• Total	5.56 sq mi (14.4 km2)
• Land	5.51 sq mi (14.3 km2)
• Water	0.05 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation	2,123 ft (647 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	419
• Density	76/sq mi (29/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Ala de la Piedra is a barrio in the municipality of Orocovis, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 419.

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 Ala de la Prieta barrio:

Sector La Torre, Sector El Frío, Sector Doña Juana, Sector El Guineo, and Sector Divisoria.

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 combined population of Ala de la Piedra and Orocovis barrios was 1,403.

There is a camping site managed by a community center at Ala de la Piedra.

See also

In Spanish: Ala de la Piedra para niños

• List of communities in Puerto Rico