Emajagua
Emajagua is a barrio in the municipality of Maunabo, Puerto Rico with a population of 4,538 in 2010.[1]
Emajagua | |
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Barrio | |
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| Municipality |  |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.76 sq mi (14.9 km2) |
| • Land | 4.14 sq mi (10.7 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 4,538 |
| 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 Emajagua barrio was 828.[2]
See also
References
- 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. 163.
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