Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Moca is subdivided into barrios. The earthquake was felt in the entire island and also in the Dominican Republic and the Virgin Islands. On May 16, 2010, Moca was the epicenter of a strong 5.8 earthquake. Cerro Moca, Monte El Ojo, Monte Mariquita of the Jaicoa Mountain Range Hydrography: The Río Culebrinas crosses its territory from east to west, and its tributaries include the gorges of Los Gatos, Lassalle, de las Damas, Vieja, Los Romanes, the Morones, Higuillo, Chiquita, Yagruma, Echeverria, Aguas Frias, Las Marias, de los Méndez, La Caraíma, Grande, y Dulce. Temperatures throughout the year range highs between and lows between. It is located in a small valley, in the skirts of "The Tuna" mountains, at 141 feet (43 m) above sea level.Ĭlimate: Tropical with hardly noticeable seasonal changes. Localization: 18° 23'N and 67° 06'W of the Meridian of Greenwich. Close to a month and a half later, 25% of the 31,117 residents of Moca had electrical power and access to drinking water restored and 75% did not. About 1300 homes were impacted by landslides and flooding, bridges collapsed and residents were left without access to electrical power, telecommunication services and basic necessities. Hurricane Maria on Septemtriggered numerous landslides in Moca with significant amount of rainfall. On August 8, 1898, after the Spanish–American War officially ended, Puerto Rico became a United States territory as an outcome of the Treaty of Paris of 1898. On August 14, 1898, The United States Armed Forces entered and took the town of Moca finding no resistance. On the other hand, Cayetano Coll y Toste, in the " Boletín histórico de Puerto Rico", maintains that it was founded on June 22, 1772. "Estudio histórico, geográfico y estadístico", published in San Juan in 1878, says to us that it was founded on 1774. Manuel de Ubeda and Delgado, in his " Isla de Puerto Rico. Diverse versions exist on the date of its foundation. It was founded by Don José de Quiñones on June 22, 1772.
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Moca known as (The capital of lace), it is famous for its lace or Mundillo. It is almost synonymous with the small town of Moca. Mundillo is the Puerto Rican name for handmade bobbin lace. The Moca tree was officially adopted as the representative tree of the town on February 19, 1972.
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The name of Moca comes from the tree Andira inermis whose beautiful pink/purple flowers expose their presence, which are very common in this region. It is part of the Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastián Metropolitan Statistical Area. Moca is spread over 12 barrios and Moca Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the ville). Moca (Spanish: ) is a municipality of Puerto Rico, located in the north-western region of the island, north of Añasco southeast of Aguadilla east of Aguada and west of Isabela and San Sebastián.