Santana, Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
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Santana is a barrio in the municipality of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 7,291.


History

Puerto Rico was ceded by
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in the aftermath of the
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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 population of Santana barrio was 921.


See also

* List of communities in Puerto Rico


References

Barrios of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico {{SabanaGrandePR-geo-stub