Capá

Capá is a barrio in the municipality of Moca, Puerto Rico with a population of 3,747 in 2010.[3][4][5]

Capá
Barrio
Location of Capá within the municipality of Moca shown in red
Capá
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°22′07″N 67°02′58″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Moca
Area
  Total2.22 sq mi (5.7 km2)
  Land2.22 sq mi (5.7 km2)
  Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation217 ft (66 m)
Population
 (2010)
  Total3,747
  Density1,687.8/sq mi (651.7/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census

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 Capá barrio was 898.[6]

See also

References

  1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Capá 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. 160.


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