Sumidero, Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico


Sumidero is a barrio in the municipality of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 8,008. In Sumidero barrio is part of the Aguas Buenas urban zone and the Santa Clara community.

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 Sumidero barrio was 984.

Special Communities

In 2001, law 1-2001 was passed to identify marginalized communities of Puerto Rico. In 2017, Governor Rosello created a new government agency to work with the Special Communities of Puerto Rico Program. Parcelas Santa Clara in Sumidero is one of the 742 places on the list of Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico.