Punta Arenas, Vieques, Puerto Rico
Barrio of Puerto Rico
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Punta Arenas is an uninhabited barrio in the island-municipality of Vieques, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 0.[3][4][5]
Punta Arenas | |
|---|---|
Barrio | |
  Punta Arenas Location within Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°06′27″N 65°34′07″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Vieques |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.75 sq mi (12.3 km2) |
| • Land | 3.22 sq mi (8.3 km2) |
| • Water | 1.53 sq mi (4.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 0 |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
History
Punta Arenas 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 Punta Arenas, Puerto Ferro and Puerto Diablo barrios was 879.[7]
