Indios, Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
Indios is a barrio in the municipality of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,647.[3][4][5]
Indios | |
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Barrio | |
 View of the Caribbean Sea from Indios | |
 Location of Indios within the municipality of Guayanilla shown in red | |
  Indios Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°00′30″N 66°48′37″W[1] | |
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| Municipality |  |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.31 sq mi (13.8 km2) |
| • Land | 4.78 sq mi (12.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0.53 sq mi (1.4 km2) |
| Elevation | 180 ft (50 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,647 |
| • Density | 553.8/sq mi (213.8/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
History
The United States acquired 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 combined population of Indios barrio and Boca barrio was 782.[6]
2019-2020 earthquakes
A series of earthquakes began occurring near Indios on December 28, 2019 and continued through January 2020, with 11 earthquakes over a 5 magnitude (and a 6.4) and 300 over a 3 magnitude in strength.[7]
Gallery
Beach at Indios
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See also
References
- "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Indios barrio
- 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.
- 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.
- Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
- 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.
- https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/2020-puerto-rico-earthquake-sequence-jan-16-2020
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