Malezas
Barrio of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
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Malezas is a barrio in the municipality of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,072.[3][4][5]
Malezas | |
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Barrio | |
Location of Malezas within the municipality of Mayagüez shown in red | |
  Malezas Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°10′02″N 67°06′20″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality | 
Mayagüez |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.06 sq mi (2.7 km2) |
| • Land | 1.06 sq mi (2.7 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 335 ft (102 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 1,072 |
| • Density | 1,011.3/sq mi (390.5/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
History
Malezas was in Spain's gazetteers[6] 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 Malezas barrio and Río Hondo barrio was 1,072.[7]
