Bajura Afuera | |
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Barrio | |
Coordinates: 18°26′07″N 66°31′07″W / 18.435398°N 66.518646°W[1] | |
Commonwealth | Puerto Rico |
Municipality | Manatí |
Area | |
• Total | 2.64 sq mi (6.8 km2) |
• Land | 2.54 sq mi (6.6 km2) |
• Water | 0.10 sq mi (0.3 km2) |
Elevation | 23 ft (7 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 677 |
• Density | 267.6/sq mi (103.3/km2) |
Source: 2010 Census | |
Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Bajura Afuera is a rural barrio with an urban zone in the municipality of Manatí, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 677.[3][4]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1900 | 739 | — | |
1910 | 1,198 | 62.1% | |
1920 | 635 | −47.0% | |
1930 | 931 | 46.6% | |
1940 | 1,567 | 68.3% | |
1950 | 467 | −70.2% | |
1960 | 371 | −20.6% | |
1970 | 294 | −20.8% | |
1980 | 262 | −10.9% | |
1990 | 469 | 79.0% | |
2000 | 737 | 57.1% | |
2010 | 677 | −8.1% | |
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[5] 1910-1930[6] 1930-1950[7] 1980-2000[8] 2010[9] |
Bajura Afuera was in Spain's gazetteers[10] until 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 Bajura Afuera barrio was 739.[11]