Ballajá, Old San Juan
Ballajá is one of 7 subbarrios of San Juan Antiguo barrio in the municipality of San Juan in Puerto Rico.
Ballajá | |
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Subbarrio | |
 The historic Ballajá Barracks are in Ballajá | |
 Ballajá is in San Juan Antiguo | |
 San Juan Antiguo is in San Juan | |
  Ballajá San Juan is in Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18.4706129°N 66.1245620°W | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  San Juan |
| Barrio | San Juan Antiguo |
| Website | http://www.ballaja.com/ |
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 Ballajá was 1,217.[1]
Gallery
Aerial view of the northwest tip of San Juan Antiguo.jpg.webp)
Ballajá barracks
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.
External links
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ballajá Subbarrio
- Video of the Ballajá barracks in 2020
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