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Buena Vista, Bayamón, Puerto Rico

Coordinates: 18°19′56″N 66°11′27″W / 18.332214700000002°N 66.190764200000004°W / 18.332214700000002; -66.190764200000004
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Buena Vista
Barrio
Location of Buena Vista within Bayamón in Puerto Rico
Location of Buena Vista within Bayamón in Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°19′56″N 66°11′27″W / 18.332214700000002°N 66.190764200000004°W / 18.332214700000002; -66.190764200000004[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Bayamón
Government
 • MayorRamón Luis Rivera Jr.
Elevation
423 ft (129 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total15,518
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)

Buena Vista is a barrio in the municipality of Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 15,518.[2][3][4]

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 and conducted its first census of Puerto Rico, finding that the population of Buena Vista barrio was 1,028.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Buena Vista
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
  5. ^ 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.