Tanamá, Adjuntas, Puerto Rico

Tanamá is a barrio in the municipality of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,193.

History
When after the Treaty of Paris (1898), the U.S. conducted its first census of Puerto Rico, the population of Tanamá barrio was 752.

Special community
Since 2001 when law 1-2001 was passed, measures have been taken to identify and address the high levels of poverty and the lack of resources and opportunities affecting specific communities in Puerto Rico. Initially there were 686 places that made the list. By 2008, there were 742 places on the list of . The places on the list are barrios, communities, sectors, or neighborhoods and in Adjuntas, Tanamá was one of the seven areas which made the list. In 2017, Jesus Velez Vargas, the director of the Special Communities of Puerto Rico program stated that the program was evolving with more ways to help the residents of these so-called marginal communities.

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Category:Barrios of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico