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Maná
Barrio
Río Grande de Manatí in Maná
Río Grande de Manatí in Maná
Location of Maná within the municipality of Corozal shown in red
Location of Maná within the municipality of Corozal shown in red
Maná, Corozal, Puerto Rico is located in Caribbean
Maná, Corozal, Puerto Rico
Maná, Corozal, Puerto Rico
Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth  Puerto Rico
Municipality Corozal
Area
 • Total 3.86 sq mi (10.0 km2)
 • Land 3.86 sq mi (10.0 km2)
 • Water 0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
1,785 ft (544 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 2,093
 • Density 542.2/sq mi (209.3/km2)
  Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Maná is a rural barrio in the municipality of Corozal, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,093.

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 km2) 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/km2).

Historical population
Census Pop.
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%
1980 1,257
1990 1,761 40.1%
2000 2,014 14.4%
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.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Maná (Corozal) para niños

  • List of communities in Puerto Rico
  • List of barrios and sectors of Corozal, Puerto Rico
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