Sonadora, Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico


Sonadora is a barrio in the municipality of Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,191. In Sonadora barrio is part of the Aguas Buenas urban zone.

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 combined population of Sonadora and Mula barrio was 1,183.

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. Sonadora is one of the 742 places on the list of Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico.