Pugnado Adentro

Pugnado Adentro is a barrio in the municipality of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,278.[3][4][5]

Pugnado Adentro
Barrio
Pugnado Adentro panorama
Location of Pugnado Adentro within the municipality of Vega Baja shown in red
Pugnado Adentro
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°23′32″N 66°25′44″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Vega Baja
Area
 • Total4.2 sq mi (11 km2)
 • Land4.2 sq mi (11 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation535 ft (163 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total1,278
 • Density305/sq mi (118/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 Pugnado Adentro barrio was 425.[6]

gollark: And it's (very roughly) gotten by providing stuff people want, so organizations which can do that can pay more than ones which can't.
gollark: And "who can pay most" is simple and objective.
gollark: For example, you're incentivised to not spent unreasonable amounts of it, because you have finite amounts of it and it's hard to get.
gollark: Using money has many advantages.
gollark: I mean, what's the alternative? Give it to someone *randomly*? Allocate it based on some notion of what's "best for society", which you probably can't calculate in a way everyone will agree on?

See also

References
  1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pugnado Adentro 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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