Mercado, Old San Juan
Mercado is one of 7 subbarrios in San Juan Antiguo barrio in the municipality of San Juan in Puerto Rico.
Mercado | |
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Subbarrio | |
 Kiosk in Mercado, San Juan Antiguo | |
 Mercado is in San Juan Antiguo | |
 San Juan Antiguo is in San Juan | |
  Mercado San Juan is in Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18.4694956°N 66.1174290°W | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  San Juan |
| Barrio | San Juan Antiguo |
History
The United States took control of Puerto Rico from Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898. In 1899, the United States conducted its first census of Puerto Rico, finding that the population of Mercado was 2,038.[1]
See also
References
- Joseph Prentiss Sanger; Henry Gannett; Walter Francis Willcox (1900). Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office (in Spanish). Imprenta del gobierno. p. 162.
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