Mariana, Humacao, Puerto Rico

Mariana is a barrio in the municipality of Humacao, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,230.
Festivals The breadfruit festival occurs on the last Friday of August ending on Sunday with a span of three days. It celebrates the fruit, and it is prepared in many ways, people make tostones, ice cream and more with them. Famous salsa singers also perform there, which attracts people from surrounding municipalities like Naguabo and Yabucoa. It is held in La Loma de La Niña Mariana.

History

Mariana 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 population of Mariana barrio was 1,296.