Río Cañas is a barrio in the municipality of Las Marías, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 284.[3][4][5]
Río Cañas | |
|---|---|
Barrio | |
 Location of Río Cañas within the municipality of Las Marías shown in red | |
  Río Cañas Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°13′55″N 67°02′10″W / 18.231812°N 67.036141°W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Las Marías |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.16 sq mi (8.2 km2) |
| • Land | 3.16 sq mi (8.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,033 ft (315 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 284 |
| • Density | 89.9/sq mi (34.7/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
History
Río Cañas was in Spain's gazetteers[6] 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 Río Cañas barrio was 772.[7]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 772 | — | |
| 1910 | 747 | −3.2% | |
| 1920 | 846 | 13.3% | |
| 1930 | 489 | −42.2% | |
| 1940 | 651 | 33.1% | |
| 1950 | 481 | −26.1% | |
| 1960 | 351 | −27.0% | |
| 1970 | 296 | −15.7% | |
| 1980 | 522 | 76.4% | |
| 1990 | 344 | −34.1% | |
| 2000 | 412 | 19.8% | |
| 2010 | 284 | −31.1% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12] | |||
Sectors
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[13] in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (sectors in English). The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.[14][15][16]
The following sectors are in Río Cañas barrio:[17]
Parcelas El Triunfo,Parcelas La Trapa,Parcelas Plato Indio,Sector Los Martínez, and Sector Merle.
