Puente, Camuy, Puerto Rico
Barrio of Puerto Rico
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Puente is a barrio in the municipality of Camuy, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 6,876.[3][4][5]
Puente | |
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Barrio | |
Puerto Rico Highway 4491 in Puente | |
 Location of Puente within the municipality of Camuy shown in red | |
  Puente Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°28′23″N 66°50′48″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Camuy |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.85 sq mi (7.4 km2) |
| • Land | 2.75 sq mi (7.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.10 sq mi (0.26 km2) |
| Elevation | 279 ft (85 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 6,876 |
| • Density | 2,500.4/sq mi (965.4/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
History
Puente 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 population of Puente barrio was 718.[7]
