Jaguas, Ciales, Puerto Rico

Jaguas is a barrio in the municipality of Ciales, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,545.[1][2][3]

Jaguas
Barrio
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Ciales
Elevation
512 ft (156 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total4,545
 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 Jaguas barrio (Jagua as it was called then) was 1,264.[4]

Sectors

The following sectores are in Jaguas:[5]

Brisas de Ciales, Comunidad Los Santiago, Quintas de Ciales, Reparto Alvelo, Reparto Cabiya, Reparto Del Carmen, Reparto San Miguel, Sector Club de Leones, Sector Cojo Vales, Sector La Línea, Sector La Loma, Sector La Pitahaya, Sector La Roca, Sector Las Casitas, Sector Los Mucho, Sector Los Robles, Sector Naranjo Dulce, Sector Santa Clara, Sector Vaga, and Sector Ventana.

See also

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
  4. 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.
  5. "DESGLOSE DE SECTORES Y CENTROS DE VOTACIÓN CIALES 023" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 19 October 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2020.


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