Bajura, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico

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Bajura
Barrio
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Location of Bajura within the municipality of Cabo Rojo shown in red
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Bajura
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°06′25″N67°07′59″W / 18.107047°N 67.132935°W / 18.107047; -67.132935 [1]
Commonwealth Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Municipality Flag of Cabo Rojo.svg Cabo Rojo
Area
[1]
  Total5.82 sq mi (15.1 km2)
  Land5.80 sq mi (15.0 km2)
  Water0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)
Elevation
[2]
33 ft (10 m)
Population
 (2010)
  Total2,423
  Density190.0/sq mi (73.4/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Bajura is a barrio in the municipality of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,493. [3] [4] [5]

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History

Bajura was in Spain's gazetteers [6] 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 Bajura was 1,218. [7]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1900 1,218
1910 1,3379.8%
1920 1,47110.0%
1930 1,92230.7%
1940 1,888−1.8%
1950 1,790−5.2%
1960 1,724−3.7%
1970 0−100.0%
1980 2,503
1990 2,316−7.5%
2000 2,3642.1%
2010 2,4232.5%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900) [8] 1910-1930 [9]
1930-1950 [10] 1980-2000 [11] 2010 [12]

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References

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  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bajura barrio
  3. Picó, Rafael; Buitrago de Santiago, Zayda; Berrios, Hector H. Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969.
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  5. Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
  6. "Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881". Biblioteca Nacional de España (in Spanish). p. 1614. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  7. Joseph Prentiss Sanger; Henry Gannett; Walter Francis Willcox (1900). Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office (in Spanish). Imprenta del gobierno. p.  164.
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