Mabú

Mabú is a barrio in the municipality of Humacao, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 8,045.^[3][4][5]

Mabú
Barrio
Park in Urbanización Los Rosales in Mabú
Location of Mabú within the municipality of Humacao shown in red
Mabú Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°09′51″N 65°50′17″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Humacao
Area [1]
• Total	2.93 sq mi (7.6 km2)
• Land	2.93 sq mi (7.6 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation [2]	410 ft (120 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	8,045
• Density	2,745.7/sq mi (1,060.1/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
ZIP Code	00791

History

Mabú 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 combined population of Cataño and Mabú barrio was 1,179.^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1910	971		—
1920	1,129		16.3%
1930	1,529		35.4%
1940	3,788		147.7%
1950	4,702		24.1%
1960	4,464		−5.1%
1970	0		−100.0%
1980	6,060		—
1990	8,013		32.2%
2000	8,526		6.4%
2010	8,045		−5.6%
U.S. Decennial Census 1900 (N/A)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12]

Gallery

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  Court for Streetball in Puerto Rico in Los Rosales, a neighborhood of Mabú

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico