Barrancas, Barranquitas, Puerto Rico

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Barrancas
Barrio
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Mountains in Barrancas
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Location of Barrancas within the municipality of Barranquitas shown in red
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Barrancas
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°13′08″N66°18′57″W / 18.218759°N 66.3159°W / 18.218759; -66.3159 [1]
Commonwealth Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Municipality Flag of Barranquitas.svg Barranquitas
Area
[1]
  Total5.73 sq mi (14.8 km2)
  Land5.73 sq mi (14.8 km2)
  Water0.00 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation
[2]
2,155 ft (657 m)
Population
 (2010)
  Total5,234
  Density334.7/sq mi (129.2/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Barrancas is a barrio in the municipality of Barranquitas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 5,234. [3] [4] [5]

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History

Barrancas 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 Barrancas barrio was 692. [7]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1900 692
1910 1,462111.3%
1920 1,5123.4%
1930 1,74015.1%
1940 2,65452.5%
1950 2,012−24.2%
1960 2,51425.0%
1970 2,319−7.8%
1980 3,08433.0%
1990 4,30739.7%
2000 5,08318.0%
2010 5,2343.0%
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: Barrancas 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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  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.  165.
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