Moca is located on the northwest part of the island on the
northern karst region of Puerto Rico.
Climate: Tropical with hardly noticeable seasonal changes, temperatures in Moca range from highs of between and lows between .
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. Cerro Moca, Monte El Ojo, Monte Mariquita of the Jaicoa Mountain Range.
Barrios Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Moca is subdivided into
barrios. The municipal buildings, central square and large Catholic church are located in a barrio called Moca barrio-pueblo. •
Aceitunas •
Capá •
Centro •
Cerro Gordo •
Cruz •
Cuchillas •
Marías •
Moca barrio-pueblo •
Naranjo •
Plata •
Pueblo •
Rocha •
Voladoras Sectors Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to
minor civil divisions) and subbarrios, are further subdivided into smaller areas called (
sectors in English). The types of
sectores may vary, from normally
sector to
urbanización to
reparto to
barriada to
residencial, among others.
Special Communities (Special Communities of Puerto Rico) are marginalized communities whose citizens are experiencing
social exclusion. A map shows these communities occur in nearly every municipality of Puerto Rico. Of the 742 places that were on the list in 2014, the following barrios, communities, sectors, or neighborhoods were in Moca: Aceituna, Sector Isleta in Cruz barrio, Parcelas Acevedo and Parcelas Mamey in Moca barrio-pueblo, and Loperena. ==Demographics==