Jácanas

Jácanas is a barrio in the municipality of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,246.^[3][4][5]

Jácanas
Barrio
PR-9918 in Jácanas
Location of Jácanas within the municipality of Yabucoa shown in red
Jácanas Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°05′50″N 65°55′02″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Yabucoa
Area [1]
• Total	5.61 sq mi (14.5 km2)
• Land	5.61 sq mi (14.5 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation [2]	817 ft (249 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	3,246
• Density	578.6/sq mi (223.4/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

History

Jácanas 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 Jácanas barrio was 1,101.^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	1,101		—
1910	1,346		22.3%
1920	1,716		27.5%
1930	1,824		6.3%
1940	2,843		55.9%
1950	3,101		9.1%
1960	2,535		−18.3%
1970	2,346		−7.5%
1980	2,227		−5.1%
1990	2,973		33.5%
2000	3,303		11.1%
2010	3,246		−1.7%
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 Jácanas barrio:^[17]

Sector Campo Alegre, Sector Jácanas Abajo, Sector Jácanas Arriba, Sector Jácanas Granja, Sector Jácanas Sur, and Sector Piedras Blancas.

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico
• List of barrios and sectors of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico