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. 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. The total land area of both islands in the barrio is about 56.93 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.

History

The United States took control of Puerto Rico from Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898. In 1899, the United States conducted its first census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Mona was 6.