Llano is a rural barrio in the municipality of

Guayanilla, Puerto Rico Guayanilla (, ) is a town and municipality of Puerto Rico located on the southern coast of the island, bordering the Caribbean Sea, south of Adjuntas, east of Yauco; and west of Peñuelas and about west of Ponce. Guayanilla is spread over 1 ...

. Its population in 2010 was 773.

Features and demographics

Llano has of land area and no water area. In 2010, its population was 773 with a population density of .

History

Puerto Rico was ceded by

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in the aftermath of the

Spanish–American War , partof = the Philippine Revolution, the decolonization of the Americas, and the Cuban War of Independence , image = Collage infobox for Spanish-American War.jpg , image_size = 300px , caption = (cloc ...

under the terms of the

Treaty of Paris of 1898 The Treaty of Peace between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain, commonly known as the Treaty of Paris of 1898 ( fil, Kasunduan sa Paris ng 1898; es, Tratado de París de 1898), was a treaty signed by Spain and the United Stat ...

and became an

unincorporated territory of the United States Territories of the United States are sub-national administrative divisions overseen by the federal government of the United States. The various American territories differ from the U.S. states and tribal reservations as they are not sover ...

. In 1899, the

United States Department of War The United States Department of War, also called the War Department (and occasionally War Office in the early years), was the United States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army, ...

conducted a

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ...

of Puerto Rico finding that the combined population of Llano and

Quebradas Quebradas is a barrio in the municipality of Yauco, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 883. A literally means "ravine". History Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of ...

barrios was 977.

References

External links

* Barrios of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico {{GuayanillaPR-geo-stub

Features and demographics

History

See also

References

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