Trujillo Bajo, Carolina, Puerto Rico

Trujillo Bajo is a barrio in the municipality of Carolina, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 8,805.[3][4][5]

Trujillo Bajo
Barrio
Exit sign for Barrazas, Trujillo Bajo and Santa Cruz, barrios in Carolina
Location of Trujillo Bajo within the municipality of Carolina shown in red
Trujillo Bajo
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°21′49″N 65°56′53″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Carolina
Area
 • Total2.64 sq mi (6.8 km2)
 • Land2.60 sq mi (6.7 km2)
 • Water0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation213 ft (65 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total8,805
 • Density3,399.6/sq mi (1,312.6/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 Trujillo Bajo barrio was 651.[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: Trujillo Bajo 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. 161.


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