Playa, Yabucoa, Puerto Rico

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Playa
Barrio
PR-53 from Sector El Gandular in Barrio Playa, Yabucoa, Puerto Rico.jpg
PR-53 and mountains from Sector El Gandular in Playa
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Location of Playa within the municipality of Yabucoa shown in red
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Playa
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°04′21″N65°49′43″W / 18.072411°N 65.828577°W / 18.072411; -65.828577 [1]
Commonwealth Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Municipality Flag of Yabucoa.svg Yabucoa
Area
[1]
  Total4.70 sq mi (12.2 km2)
  Land4.66 sq mi (12.1 km2)
  Water0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation
[2]
98 ft (30 m)
Population
 (2010)
  Total4,915
  Density1,054.7/sq mi (407.2/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Playa is a barrio in the municipality of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,915. [3] [4] [5]

Contents

History

Playa 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 Playa barrio was 1,016. [7]

Back to back, Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria destroyed sections of Playa including the community's fishing pier in September 2017. In April, 2019 a newly constructed pier was inaugurated for the fishing community of Yabucoa. [8]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1900 1,016
1910 1,1028.5%
1920 1,48835.0%
1930 1,447−2.8%
1940 1,434−0.9%
1950 2,35864.4%
1960 2,168−8.1%
1980 2,687
1990 3,70237.8%
2000 4,76128.6%
2010 4,9153.2%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900) [9] 1910-1930 [10]
1930-1950 [11] 1980-2000 [12] 2010 [13]

Sectors

Urbanizacion Vista Mar
in Playa barrio Urbanizacion Vista Mar en Playa, Yabucoa, Puerto Rico.jpg
Urbanización Vista Mar in Playa barrio

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) [14] in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (sectors in English). The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others. [15] [16] [17]

The following sectors are in Playa: [18]

Sector Calambreñas, Sector El Hoyo, Sector Gandular, Sector Las Lomas, Sector Los Pavos, Sector Los Pinos, Sector Paraíso I, Sector Paraíso II, Sector Parrilla, Sector Playa Guayanés, Sector Veteranos, Sector Windy Hills, and Urbanización Vista Mar.

See also

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References

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  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Playa barrio
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