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Vegas Abajo, Adjuntas, Puerto Rico

Coordinates: 18°11′07″N 66°42′04″W / 18.185216°N 66.701185°W / 18.185216; -66.701185
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Vegas Abajo
Barrio
Location of Vegas Abajo barrio within the municipality of Adjuntas shown in red
Location of Vegas Abajo barrio within the municipality of Adjuntas shown in red
Coordinates: 18°11′07″N 66°42′04″W / 18.185216°N 66.701185°W / 18.185216; -66.701185[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Adjuntas
Area
[1]
 • Total3.09 sq mi (8.0 km2)
 • Land3.09 sq mi (8.0 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total605
 • Density195.8/sq mi (75.6/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)
Websiteadjuntaspr.com

Vegas Abajo is a barrio in the municipality of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico.[3][4][5]

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 combined population of Guayo barrio and Vegas Abajo barrios was 1,275.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Vegas Abajo barrio
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
  6. ^ 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.


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