Yayales, Adjuntas, Puerto Rico

Yayales
Barrio
Puerto Rico Highway 526 between Capáez and Yayales
Location of Yayales barrio within the municipality of Adjuntas shown in red
Yayales Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°11′24″N66°45′56″W / 18.18992°N 66.765427°W / 18.18992; -66.765427 [1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Adjuntas
Area [1]
• Total	2.12 sq mi (5.5 km2)
• Land	2.12 sq mi (5.5 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation [2]	2,037 ft (621 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	676
• Density	318.90/sq mi (123.13/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
Website	adjuntaspr.com

Yayales is a rural barrio in the municipality of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

History

Yayales 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 Yayales barrio was 660. ^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	660		—
1910	602		−8.8%
1920	598		−0.7%
1930	511		−14.5%
1940	589		15.3%
1950	680		15.4%
1960	510		−25.0%
1970	388		−23.9%
1980	568		46.4%
1990	641		12.9%
2000	619		−3.4%
2010	676		9.2%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) [8] 1910-1930 [9] 1930-1950 [10] 1960 [11] 1980-2000 [12] 2010 [13]

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yayales 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.  165.
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. 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.
12. "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.
13. 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.

External links

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yayales