Caguana, Utuado, Puerto Rico
Geography
Caguana is situated at an elevation of 1,302 feet (397 m) south of Santa Rosa in Utuado, Puerto Rico. It has an area of 15.57 square miles (40.3 km) of which 0.01 square miles (0.026 km) is water.
History
It is one of the few municipalities of Puerto Rico to have an ancient area for Mesoamerican ballgames, called Batéy games, in the Caribbean. The Caguana Ceremonial Ball Courts Site in Utuado preserves the site where the Taíno people lived. The Tanamá River goes through Caguana, Utuado.
Caguana was in Spain's gazetteers 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 population of Caguana barrio was 2,555.
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 2,555 | — | |
| 1910 | 2,492 | −2.5% | |
| 1920 | 2,768 | 11.1% | |
| 1930 | 3,068 | 10.8% | |
| 1940 | 3,491 | 13.8% | |
| 1950 | 4,153 | 19.0% | |
| 1960 | 3,607 | −13.1% | |
| 1970 | 3,324 | −7.8% | |
| 1980 | 3,913 | 17.7% | |
| 1990 | 3,723 | −4.9% | |
| 2000 | 4,247 | 14.1% | |
| 2010 | 4,009 | −5.6% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930 1930-1950 1980-2000 2010 | |||
Gallery
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Tourists in the Tanamá River near PR-111 in Caguana
