Playa Barrio is a rural
barrio in the municipality of
Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
Guayanilla (, ) is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located on the southern coast of the island, bordering the Caribbean Sea, south of Adjuntas, east of Yauco; and west of Peñuelas and about west of Ponce. Guayanilla is spread over 1 ...
. Its population in 2010 was 1,186.
Features and demographics
Playa has of land area and of water area. In 2010, its population was 1,186 with a population density of .
History
Puerto Rico was ceded by
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
in the aftermath of the
Spanish–American War
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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
The United States Department of War, also called the War Department (and occasionally War Office in the early years), was the United States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army, ...
conducted a
census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ...
of Puerto Rico finding that the combined population of
Magas
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and Playa barrios was 962.
See also
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List of communities in Puerto Rico
References
External links
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Barrios of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
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