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Llave

Barrio of Vieques, Puerto Rico

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Llave is a barrio in the island-municipality of Vieques, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 18.

01History

Llave was in Spain's gazetteers 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 Llave and Mosquito barrios was 1,069.

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
19101,610,
19201,7156.5%
19301,583−7.7%
19401,77612.2%
1950191−89.2%
196089−53.4%
197073−18.0%
198011152.1%
19909−91.9%
20008−11.1%
201018125.0%
U.S. Decennial Census
1900 (N/A) 1910-1930
1930-1950 1980-2000 2010
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