Hoconuco Alto
Barrio of San Germán, Puerto Rico
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Hoconuco Alto is a barrio in the municipality of San Germán, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 572.[3][4][5]
Hoconuco Alto | |
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Barrio | |
Location of Hoconuco Alto within the municipality of San Germán shown in red | |
  Hoconuco Alto Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°08′37″N 67°00′47″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality | San Germán |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.42 sq mi (8.9 km2) |
| • Land | 3.42 sq mi (8.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 715 ft (218 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 572 |
| • Density | 167.3/sq mi (64.6/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−04:00 (AST) |
History
Hoconuco Alto 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 1898 Treaty of Paris 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 Hoconuco Alto barrio was 943.[7]
Features
PR-361 is in Hoconuco Alto barrio.[13]
