Perchas, Morovis, Puerto Rico

Perchas was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Perchas barrio was 1,124. {{US Census population| align= center Hurricane Maria on September 20, 2017, caused a landslide in Perchas that caused a huge rock to teeter above Puerto Rico Highway 155, threatening homes, infrastructure and motorists. Six months later, a controlled implosion was used to disintegrate the huge rock in order for the area to be cleared of the threat. Residents of bordering barrios then had to traverse through Perchas to reach Pueblo because over 90% of the roads were blocked by debris due to landslides and destruction to infrastructure. ==Sectors==

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called (sectors in English). The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others. The following sectors are in Perchas barrio: , and . ==Gallery==

Sign for Barrio Perchas, in Morovis, on Puerto Rico Hwy 155, Km 35.9.jpg|Sign in Perchas, Puerto Rico Highway 155, Km 35.9 ==See also==