Pellejas, Adjuntas, Puerto Rico

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Pellejas
Barrio
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Pellejas
Coordinates: 18°12′44″N66°42′34″W / 18.212137°N 66.70952°W / 18.212137; -66.70952 [1]
Commonwealth Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Municipality Flag of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico.svg Adjuntas
Area
[1]
  Total3.53 sq mi (9.1 km2)
  Land3.52 sq mi (9.1 km2)
  Water0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation
[2]
1,302 ft (397 m)
Population
 (2010)
  Total553
  Density157.1/sq mi (60.7/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Pellejas is a rural barrio in the municipality of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 553. [3] [4] [5]

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History

The barrio 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 Pellejas barrio was 1,521. [7]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1900 1,521
1910 1,269−16.6%
1920 1,255−1.1%
1930 1,3033.8%
1940 1,55919.6%
1950 1,287−17.4%
1960 731−43.2%
1980 692
1990 7295.3%
2000 670−8.1%
2010 553−17.5%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900) [8] 1910-1930 [9]
1930-1950 [10] 1960 [11] 1980-2000 [12] 2010 [13]

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References

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  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pellejas 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.
  4. Gwillim Law (20 May 2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 300. ISBN   978-1-4766-0447-3 . Retrieved 25 December 2018.
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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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  11. Census of Population, 1960: Number of Inhabitants, General Population Characteristics, General Social and Economic Characteristics, and Detailed Characteristics. Characteristics of the population. U.S. Bureau of the Census. 1963. pp. 97–101. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
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