Almácigo Alto

Almácigo Alto is a barrio in the municipality of Yauco, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,659.

Geography
Almácigo Alto is located northwest of Yauco Pueblo (downtown Yauco), and it is bounded by barrios Almácigo Bajo to the south, Diego Hernández to the east, Collores and Algarrobo to the north, and Susúa Alta to the east.

Demographics
Almácigo Alto 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 combined population of Almácigo Alto barrio and Jácana barrio was 1,077.