Boca, Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
Barrio of Puerto Rico
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Boca (Barrio Boca) is a rural barrio in the municipality of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,089.[3][4][5]
Boca | |
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Barrio | |
Guánica State Forest in Boca, the Guayanilla side of the forest | |
 Location of Boca within the municipality of Guayanilla shown in red | |
  Boca Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 17°58′10″N 66°48′49″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Guayanilla |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.10 sq mi (23.6 km2) |
| • Land | 6.39 sq mi (16.6 km2) |
| • Water | 2.71 sq mi (7.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 1,089 |
| • Density | 170.4/sq mi (65.8/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Features and demographics
Boca has 6.39 square miles (16.6 km2) of land area and 2.71 square miles (7.0 km2) of water area. In 2010, its population was 1089 with a population density of 170.4 inhabitants per square mile (65.8/km2).
History
Boca was in Spain's gazetteers[11] 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 combined population of Indios barrio and Boca barrio was 782.[12]
