- Source: Caguana, Utuado, Puerto Rico
Caguana is a barrio in the municipality of Utuado, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,009.
Geography
Caguana is situated at an elevation of 1,302 feet (397 m) south of Santa Rosa in Utuado, Puerto Rico. It has an area of 15.57 square miles (40.3 km2) of which 0.01 square miles (0.026 km2) is water.
History
It is one of the few municipalities of Puerto Rico to have an ancient area for Mesoamerican ballgames, called Batéy games, in the Caribbean. The Caguana Ceremonial Ball Courts Site in Utuado preserves the site where the Taíno people lived. The Tanamá River goes through Caguana, Utuado.
Caguana was in Spain's gazetteers 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 Caguana barrio was 2,555.
Gallery
See also
List of communities in Puerto Rico
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Utuado, Puerto Rico
- Caguana, Utuado, Puerto Rico
- Caguana Ceremonial Ball Courts Site
- Ángeles, Utuado, Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rico Highway 111
- Santa Rosa, Utuado, Puerto Rico
- List of rivers of Puerto Rico
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Puerto Rico
- Tourism in Puerto Rico
- Ball court/plaza sites of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
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