Bajura, Vega Alta, Puerto Rico

Bajura is a barrio in the municipality of Vega Alta, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,725.[3][4][5]

Bajura
Barrio
Location of Bajura within the municipality of Vega Alta shown in red
Bajura
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°24′52″N 66°20′49″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Vega Alta
Area
  Total3.09 sq mi (8.0 km2)
  Land3.09 sq mi (8.0 km2)
  Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation46 ft (14 m)
Population
 (2010)
  Total3,725
  Density1,205.5/sq mi (465.4/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)

History

The United States took control of Puerto Rico from Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898. In 1899, the United States conducted its first census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Bajura barrio was 749.[6]

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See also

References

  1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bajura 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. 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. 162.


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