Caguana is a

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in the municipality of

Utuado, Puerto Rico Utuado () is a Utuado barrio-pueblo, town and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality of Puerto Rico located in the central mountainous region of the island known as the ''Cordillera Central (Puerto Rico), Cordillera Central''. It is located ...

. Its population in 2010 was 4,009.

Geography

Caguana is situated at an elevation of south of Santa Rosa in Utuado, Puerto Rico. It has an area of of which is water.

History

It is one of the few

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of Puerto Rico to have an ancient area for

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s, called Batéy games, in the Caribbean. The Caguana Ceremonial Ball Courts Site in Utuado preserves the site where the

Taíno The Taíno are the Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean, Indigenous peoples of the Greater Antilles and surrounding islands. At the time of European contact in the late 15th century, they were the principal inhabitants of most of what is now The ...

people lived. The

Tanamá River The Tanamá River () is a river of Arecibo, Utuado and Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. Gallery Tanamá River in Utuado, Puerto Rico.jpg, Tanamá River in Utuado Puente sobre el Río Tanamá en Utuado, Puerto Rico.jpg, Simple suspension bridge over the ...

goes through Caguana, Utuado. Caguana was in Spain's

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s until Puerto Rico was ceded by

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in the aftermath of the

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under the terms of the

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and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the

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conducted a

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of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Caguana barrio was 2,555.

Gallery

Tourists in Utuado, Puerto Rico.jpg, Tourists in the Tanamá River near PR-111 in Caguana

References

Barrios of Utuado, Puerto Rico {{UtuadoPR-geo-stub

Geography

History

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See also

References