Lajas Arriba

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Lajas Arriba
Barrio
Location of Lajas Arriba within the municipality of Lajas shown in red
Location of Lajas Arriba within the municipality of Lajas shown in red
Lajas Arriba is located in Caribbean
Lajas Arriba
Lajas Arriba
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°02′31″N 67°00′48″W / 18.042047°N 67.013341°W / 18.042047; -67.013341Coordinates: 18°02′31″N 67°00′48″W / 18.042047°N 67.013341°W / 18.042047; -67.013341[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Lajas
Area
[1]
 • Total6.15 sq mi (15.9 km2)
 • Land6.15 sq mi (15.9 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
[2]
118 ft (36 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total2,456
 • Density399.3/sq mi (154.2/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)

Lajas Arriba is a barrio in the municipality of Lajas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,456.[3][4][5]

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 an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Lajas Arriba barrio was 1,152.[6]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lajas Arriba barrio
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
  6. ^ 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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