Sabana Abajo, Carolina, Puerto Rico

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Sabana Abajo
Barrio
Estacion de Vecindario Policia Municipal Barrio Sabana Abajo, Carolina, Puerto Rico.jpg
Neighborhood police station in Sabana Abajo
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Location of Sabana Abajo within the municipality of Carolina shown in red
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Sabana Abajo
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°25′02″N65°58′53″W / 18.41722°N 65.981317°W / 18.41722; -65.981317 [1]
Commonwealth Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Municipality Flag of Carolina.jpg Carolina
Area
[1]
  Total6.00 sq mi (15.5 km2)
  Land5.66 sq mi (14.7 km2)
  Water0.34 sq mi (0.9 km2)
Elevation
[2]
13 ft (4 m)
Population
 (2010)
  Total55,600
  Density9,840.7/sq mi (3,799.5/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Sabana Abajo is a barrio in the municipality of Carolina, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 55,600. [3] [4] [5]

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History

Sabana Abajo 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 Sabana Abajo barrio was 578. [7]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1900 578
1910 87851.9%
1920 8941.8%
1930 1,44561.6%
1940 1,72419.3%
1950 4,584165.9%
1960 9,270102.2%
1980 62,777
1990 62,559−0.3%
2000 62,238−0.5%
2010 55,600−10.7%
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

  1. 1 2 "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sabana Abajo 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.
  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.  161.
  8. "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  9. "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  10. "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  11. "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  12. Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.