Mata de Cañas facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Mata de Cañas
Barrio
Mural on Puerto Rico Highway 568 in Mata de Cañas
Location of Mata de Cañas within the municipality of Orocovis shown in red
Mata de Cañas Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Orocovis
Area
• Total	1.61 sq mi (4.2 km2)
• Land	1.61 sq mi (4.2 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation	2,083 ft (635 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	538
• Density	334.2/sq mi (129.0/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Mata de Cañas (or Mata de Caña) is a barrio in the municipality of Orocovis, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 538.

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 Mata de Cañas barrio:

Sector El Jobo, Sector El Perico, Sector Sopapo, and Sector Berto Díaz.

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 Mata de Cañas and Sabana barrios was 1,089.

Gallery

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  A stretch of Puerto Rico Highway 568 in Mata de Cañas

See also

In Spanish: Mata de Cañas (Orocovis) para niños

• List of communities in Puerto Rico