| Official Name: | Playa |
| Settlement Type: | Barrio |
| Pushpin Map: | Caribbean |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates: | 18.0724°N -65.8286°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Commonwealth |
| Subdivision Name: |  Puerto Rico |
| Subdivision Type1: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name1: | Yabucoa |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.70 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 4.66 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.04 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Note: | Source: 2010 Census |
| Population Total: | 4915 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1054.7 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 98 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Playa is a barrio in the municipality of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,915.[2] [3] [4]
Playa 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 Playa barrio was 1,016.[6]
Back to back, Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria destroyed sections of Playa including the community's fishing pier in September 2017. In April, 2019 a newly constructed pier was inaugurated for the fishing community of Yabucoa.[7]
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[8] 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.[9] [10]
The following sectors are in Playa:[11]
Spanish; Castilian: Sector Calambreñas, Sector El Hoyo, Sector Gandular, Sector Las Lomas, Sector Los Pavos, Sector Los Pinos, Sector Paraíso I, Sector Paraíso II, Sector Parrilla, Sector Playa Guayanés, Sector Veteranos, Sector Windy Hills, and Spanish; Castilian: Urbanización Vista Mar.