Geographical Data
10 miles from PR
136 sq. Km (52 sq miles)
Monte Pirata 1000 ft
Cerro Matias 420 ft
Series of small hill averaging 200 ft
Climate
Dry season - December – July – most dry- March, April
Rainy season - August-November – most wet September, November
Ave temp year round 80 F
Range from 60-98 F
Most hot-August 82
Most cool-February 76
Flora and fauna
Land Mammals- rats, mongoose, dogs cats and other domestic animals, red fruit
bat
Marine Mammals - bottlenose dolphin, manatee, humpback whale
Fish -350 species
Turtles- Caretta caretta, Chelonia mydas, Erytmochelys imbricata, Dermochelys
coriacea
Birds - 114
Amphibians - 3 species
Reptiles - 16 species
Mangroves - 200 hectares
Population
1899 5,927
1910 10,425
1920 11,651
1930 10,582
1940 10,362
1950 9,228
1960 7,210
1970 7,767
1980 7,662
1990 8,602
2000 9,106
Economic
1990 income per capita 2997 (Puerto Rico 4,177)