Sabana Grande Abajo
Barrio in San Germán, Puerto Rico
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Sabana Grande Abajo is a barrio in the municipality of San Germán, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,712.[3][4][5]
Sabana Grande Abajo | |
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Barrio | |
Location of Sabana Grande Abajo within the municipality of San Germán shown in red | |
  Sabana Grande Abajo Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°05′43″N 67°03′47″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  San Germán |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.02 sq mi (7.8 km2) |
| • Land | 3.02 sq mi (7.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 85 ft (26 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 2,712 |
| • Density | 898/sq mi (347/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
History
Sabana Grande Abajo 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 Sabana Grande Abajo barrio was 1,021.[7]
