Machete, Guayama, Puerto Rico Explained
| Official Name: | Machete |
| Settlement Type: | Barrio |
| Pushpin Map: | Caribbean |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates: | 17.954°N -66.1218°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Commonwealth |
| Subdivision Name: |  Puerto Rico |
| Subdivision Type1: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name1: | Guayama |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.04 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.51 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.53 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Note: | Source: 2010 Census |
| Population Total: | 3846 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1095.7 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 52 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 00784 |
Machete is a barrio in the municipality of Guayama, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,846.[2] [3] [4]
History
In 1770, Machete was part of the territory presided over by caciques Güamaní and Guayama. In the 19th century it became an important sugar producer.[5]
Machete was in Spain's gazetteers[6] 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 Machete barrio was 368.[7]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: US Gazetteer 2019. US Census. US Government. 2020-07-02. 2020-01-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20200116044518/https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_72.txt. live.
- Book: Picó . Rafael . Buitrago de Santiago . Zayda . Berrios . Hector H. . Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. . San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969.
- Book: Gwillim Law. Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. 25 December 2018. 20 May 2015. McFarland. 978-1-4766-0447-3. 300.
- Book: Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf. 2010. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2019-01-14. 2017-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20170220183043/https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf. live.
- Web site: La Historia de Puerto Rico a través de sus Barrios: Machete [The History of Puerto Rico through its Barrios: Machete] ]. www.pbslearningmedia.org . Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades and Sistemas TV . 2 September 2020 . es . video . 3 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200903041512/https://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/aacdf4b6-d207-412f-8005-52501ef5d81b/barrio-machete-de-guayama/ . live .
- Web site: Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881 . Biblioteca Nacional de España . es . 1614. 4 April 2023.
- Book: Joseph Prentiss Sanger. Henry Gannett. Walter Francis Willcox. Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office. 1900. Imprenta del gobierno. 163. es.
