Official Name: | Caguana |
Settlement Type: | Barrio |
Pushpin Map: | Caribbean |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Puerto Rico |
Coordinates: | 18.2957°N -66.7469°W |
Subdivision Type: | Commonwealth |
Subdivision Name: | Puerto Rico |
Subdivision Type1: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name1: | Utuado |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 15.57 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 15.56 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Note: | Source: 2010 Census |
Population Total: | 4009 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 257.6 |
Timezone: | AST |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 1302 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Caguana is a barrio in the municipality of Utuado, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,009.[1] [2] [3]
Caguana is situated at an elevation of south of Santa Rosa in Utuado, Puerto Rico. It has an area of of which is water.[4]
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[5] 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.[6]