Ballajá, Old San Juan facts for kids

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Subbarrio
The historic Ballajá Barracks are in Ballajá
Ballajá is in San Juan Antiguo
San Juan Antiguo is in San Juan
Ballajá Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	San Juan
Barrio	San Juan Antiguo
Website	http://www.ballaja.com/

Ballajá, located in Old San Juan, is one of 7 subbarrios of San Juan Antiguo barrio in the municipality of San Juan in Puerto Rico.

History

This subdistrict is named after the historic Ballajá Barracks, which now house the Museum of the Americas. El Morro is also located in this subdistrict.

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 Ballajá was 1,217.

Gallery

Aerial view of the northwest tip of San Juan Antiguo
Ballajá barracks

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