Matuyas Bajo
Barrio of Maunabo, Puerto Rico
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Matuyas Bajo is a barrio in the municipality of Maunabo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 327.[3][4][5]
Matuyas Bajo | |
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Barrio | |
Location of Matuyas Bajo within the municipality of Maunabo shown in red | |
  Matuyas Bajo Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°02′00″N 65°56′51″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Maunabo |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.68 sq mi (4.4 km2) |
| • Land | 1.68 sq mi (4.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 587 ft (179 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 327 |
| • Density | 194.6/sq mi (75.1/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| ZIP Code | 00707 |
| Area code | 787/939 |
History
Matuyas Bajo 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 Matuyas Bajo and Matuyas Alto barrios was 941.[7]
