Parguera
Parguera | |
|---|---|
Barrio | |
 La Parguera, Lajas | |
| Coordinates: 17°58′33″N 67°02′31″W / 17.975944°N 67.041922°W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Lajas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.34 sq mi (19.0 km2) |
| • Land | 4.02 sq mi (10.4 km2) |
| • Water | 3.32 sq mi (8.6 km2) |
| Elevation | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,082 |
| • Density | 519.2/sq mi (200.5/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Parguera is a barrio in the municipality of Lajas, Puerto Rico with a population of 2,082 in 2010.[3]. The name Parguera is derived from pargo, a fish from the family of Lutjanus campechanus, also known as red snapper. Parguera means ‘a place for snappers.’
There is a popular tourist location called La Parguera in the surrounding area.
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 combined population of Parguera and Costa barrios was 1,256.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Parguera barrio
- ^ 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. 164.
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