| Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico | |||
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| Nickname(s): "Ciudad de los Manantiales", "El Pueblo de las Ocho Calles", "La Ciudad En El Campo", "Los Arecostaos" | |||
| Anthem: "Duerme mi lindo Trujillo" | |||
| Location of Trujillo Alto in Puerto Rico | |||
| Coordinates: | |||
| Country | United States | ||
| Territory | Puerto Rico | ||
| Founded | January 8, 1801 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Hon.Jose Luis Cruz (PPD ) | ||
| • Senatorial dist. | 8 - Carolina | ||
| • Representative dist. | 40 | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 21.5 sq mi (55.61 km2) | ||
| • Land | 21.2 sq mi (55 km2) | ||
| • Water | 0.2 sq mi (.61 km2) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 74,842 | ||
| • Density | 3,485.7/sq mi (1,345.8/km2) | ||
| Demonym | Trujillanos | ||
| Time zone | AST (UTC-4) | ||
| Zip code | 00976, 00977, 00978 | ||
Trujillo Alto (Spanish pronunciation: [tɾuˈxiʎo ˈalto]) is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Northern Coastal Plain and in the karst zone, north of Caguas,and Gurabo; southeast of San Juan, and west of Carolina. Although Trujillo Alto has no important tourist attractions it is part of the San Juan Metropolitan Area, which includes the municipalities of Bayamón, Guaynabo, Cataño, and Toa Baja. Trujillo Alto is spread over 6 wards and Trujillo Alto Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city). It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area.
In 1953-54, the Carraízo hydroelectric dam was constructed by the Sumner Sollitt Construction Company of Chicago, under contract by the Puerto Rico Water Resources Authority. The dam forms the Loíza Lake, a reservoir which serves as the main source of the water supply for San Juan, Puerto Rico.[1][2][3]
Trujillo Alto is Puerto Rico's tenth largest municipality by population.
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Trujillo Alto was founded on January 8, 1801 by the neighbors of the high part of the Río Grande de Loíza. The name of the municipality comes from Alonso de Trujillo, the former owner of the "latifundio".
White rectangular flag and the whole shield in the center of the flag
In a silver field, three green mountains, a Latin cross of blue centered above the mountains. Bordered in blue with eight spurts of water, in silver. The shield is stamped with a gold crown, heightened with five towers.
As of 2003, the municipality has more than 75,000 inhabitants which makes it the tenth municipality in Puerto Rico in terms of population. The following table shows the growth of the population during the last century:
| Historical populations | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1899 | 5,683 | — |
| 1920 | 7,470 | +31.4% |
| 1940 | 11,726 | +57.0% |
| 1950 | 13,605 | +16.0% |
| 1960 | 18,251 | +34.1% |
| 1970 | 30,351 | +66.3% |
| 1980 | 51,389 | +69.3% |
| 1990 | 61,120 | +18.9% |
Trujillo Alto holds its festivities in September, and in 2001, it conmemorated its 200 year history. Each year Trujillo Alto celebrates "El maratón del Arrecostao", which is a very popular marathon in the town.
• Carraízo Dam • Convent Carmelitas de San José • Lourdes Gruta • Manantial de la Montaña (spring)
The main road is the “Carretera #181” (Highway #181) that crosses the municipality of north to south. After that, are other highways are the #852 of the Quebrada Grande neighborhood and Dos Bocas, the #175 of the neighborhood Carraízo, the Avenue “Las Cumbres” and the “Carretera #851” from “La Gloria” neighborhood.