El Río is a
barrio
''Barrio'' () is a Spanish word that means " quarter" or " neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city, usually delimited by functional (e.g. residential, commercial, industrial, etc.), social, a ...
in the municipality of
Las Piedras, Puerto Rico
Las Piedras (, ) is a town and municipality in east Puerto Rico (U.S.) located in the central eastern region of the island, north of Yabucoa; south of Canóvanas and Río Grande; east of Juncos and San Lorenzo; and west of Naguabo and Huma ...
. Its population in 2010 was 5,096.
History
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
Territories of the United States are sub-national administrative divisions overseen by the federal government of the United States. The various American territories differ from the U.S. states and tribal reservations as they are not sover ...
. In 1899, the
United States Department of War conducted a
census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of El Río barrio was 2,150.
See also
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List of communities in Puerto Rico
References
External links
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Barrios of Las Piedras, Puerto Rico
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