Vegas, Yauco, Puerto Rico

Coordinates: 18°06′18″N 66°52′23″W / 18.1048841°N 66.872934099999995°W / 18.1048841; -66.872934099999995
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Vegas
Barrio
Location of Vegas within Yauco in Puerto Rico
Location of Vegas within Yauco in Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°06′18″N 66°52′23″W / 18.1048841°N 66.872934099999995°W / 18.1048841; -66.872934099999995[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Yauco
Elevation
686 ft (209 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total145
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)

Vegas is a barrio in the municipality of Yauco, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 145.[2][3][4]

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 and conducted its first census of Puerto Rico, finding that the combined population of Vegas and Caimito barrios was 1,405.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Vegas
  2. ^ Picó, Rafael; Buitrago de Santiago, Zayda; Berrios, Hector H. Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969.
  3. ^ Gwillim Law (20 May 2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-4766-0447-3. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  4. ^ Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
  5. ^ 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. 165.