Capáez, Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
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Capáez is a rural
barrio ''Barrio'' () is a Spanish language, Spanish word that means "Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter" or "neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city, usually delimited by functional (e.g. residenti ...
in the municipality of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,054.


History

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 Capáez barrio was 1,266.


Landmarks and places of interest

* Capáez is home to some notable mountain peaks of the Cordillera Central such as ''Monte Hormiga'' (Spanish for 'ant mountain'). * Hacienda Monte Alto is an hacienda and coffee plantation dating to 1978.


See also

*
List of communities in Puerto Rico In Puerto Rico, there are 78 municipalities and 902 municipio subdivisions made up of 827 barrios and 75 barrios-pueblo. There are also a number of subbarrios and communities. The following is a list of the 902 barrios, some of the subbarrios, i ...


References

Barrios of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico {{AdjuntasPR-geo-stub