Magas, Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
Magas | |
|---|---|
Barrio | |
 Location of Magas within the municipality of Guayanilla shown in red | |
  Magas Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°01′36″N 66°46′34″W / 18.026793°N 66.776044°W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Guayanilla |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.44 sq mi (8.9 km2) |
| • Land | 3.44 sq mi (8.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 410 ft (120 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 3,436 |
| • Density | 998.8/sq mi (385.6/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Magas is a rural barrio with an urban area in the municipality of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,436.[3][4]
Features and demographics
Magas has 3.44 square miles (8.9 km2) of land area and no water area. In 2010, its population was 3,436 with a population density of 998.8 inhabitants per square mile (385.6/km2).[5]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | 758 | — | |
| 1920 | 792 | 4.5% | |
| 1930 | 926 | 16.9% | |
| 1940 | 1,221 | 31.9% | |
| 1950 | 1,547 | 26.7% | |
| 1980 | 2,346 | — | |
| 1990 | 2,421 | 3.2% | |
| 2000 | 3,465 | 43.1% | |
| 2010 | 3,436 | −0.8% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[6] 1899 (shown as 1900)[7] 1910-1930[8] 1930-1950[9] 1980-2000[10] 2010[11] | |||
History
Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became a territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States conducted its first census of Puerto Rico finding that the combined population of Magas and Playa barrios was 962.[13]
See also
References
- ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Magas barrio
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Puerto Rico: 2010 population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
- ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
- ^ "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
- ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ 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. 165.
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