Maná, Corozal, Puerto Rico
History
Maná 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 Maná was 1,133.
Features and demographics
Maná has 3.86 square miles (10.0 km) of land area and no water area. In 2010, its population was 2,093 with a population density of 542.2 inhabitants per square mile (209.3/km).
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 1,133 | — | |
| 1910 | 1,246 | 10.0% | |
| 1920 | 1,061 | −14.8% | |
| 1930 | 1,111 | 4.7% | |
| 1940 | 1,292 | 16.3% | |
| 1950 | 1,159 | −10.3% | |
| 1960 | 1,239 | 6.9% | |
| 1970 | 959 | −22.6% | |
| 1980 | 1,257 | 31.1% | |
| 1990 | 1,761 | 40.1% | |
| 2000 | 2,014 | 14.4% | |
| 2010 | 2,093 | 3.9% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930 1930-1950 1980-2000 2010 | |||
PR-802 is the main east–west road through Maná.
Sectors
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (sectors in English). The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.
The following sectors are in Maná barrio:
Sector Andreu, Sector Estancias de Maná, Sector Ferdinand Santiago, Sector La Escuela, Sector La Vega, Sector Los Berríos, Sector Los Berros, Sector Los Lozada, Sector Los Pilones, Sector Los Zayas, Sector Manchuria, Sector Monchito Pérez, Sector Pocito Dulce, Sector Quebrada Fría, Sector Varo Mercado, and Sector William Alvarado.
