Playa, Yabucoa, Puerto Rico facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Playa
Barrio
PR-53 and mountains from Sector El Gandular in Playa
Location of Playa within the municipality of Yabucoa shown in red
Playa, Yabucoa, Puerto Rico Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Yabucoa
Area
• Total	4.70 sq mi (12.2 km2)
• Land	4.66 sq mi (12.1 km2)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation	98 ft (30 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	4,915
• Density	1,054.7/sq mi (407.2/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Playa is a special kind of neighborhood called a barrio in the town of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. In 2010, about 4,915 people lived there.

A Look at Playa's Past

Puerto Rico became part of the United States after a war with Spain in 1898. In 1899, the U.S. government counted the people living in Puerto Rico. They found that Playa barrio had 1,016 residents at that time.

In September 2017, two strong storms, Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria, hit Playa. They caused a lot of damage, including destroying the community's fishing pier. But by April 2019, a brand new pier was built for the fishing community in Yabucoa. This helped the local fishermen get back to work.

Neighborhoods Within Playa

Urbanización Vista Mar is one of the neighborhoods in Playa barrio.

Barrios like Playa are often divided into smaller areas. These smaller areas are called sectores (which means sectors in English). There are different kinds of sectors, such as urbanización (a planned housing development) or barriada (a smaller neighborhood).

Here are some of the sectors you can find in Playa:

• 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
• Urbanización Vista Mar

See also

In Spanish: Playa (Yabucoa) para niños

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