Río Cañas Abajo, Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico

Río Cañas Abajo is a barrio in the municipality of Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,848.[3][4][5]

Río Cañas Abajo
Barrio
Río Cañas Abajo after Hurricane Maria in 2017
Río Cañas Abajo
Coordinates: 17°59′27″N 66°28′10″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Juana Díaz
Area
 • Total22.42 sq mi (58.1 km2)
 • Land11.21 sq mi (29.0 km2)
 • Water11.21 sq mi (29.0 km2)
Elevation0 ft (0 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total2,848
 • Density254.1/sq mi (98.1/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 Río Cañas Abajo barrio was 1,066.[6]

Hurricane Maria
Relief efforts in Río Cañas Abajo after Hurricane Maria

Like the rest of the island, residents of Río Cañas Abajo faced hardship after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017, when they were left with destroyed infrastructure and no electrical power for months.

See also

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


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