Puerto Nuevo, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico

Puerto Nuevo is a barrio in the municipality of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 5,908.[3][4][5]

Puerto Nuevo
Barrio
Beach at Puerto Nuevo
Location of Puerto Nuevo within the municipality of Vega Baja shown in red
Puerto Nuevo
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°29′03″N 66°24′06″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Vega Baja
Area
 • Total4.28 sq mi (11.1 km2)
 • Land2.67 sq mi (6.9 km2)
 • Water1.61 sq mi (4.2 km2)
Elevation23 ft (7 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total5,908
 • Density2,229.4/sq mi (860.8/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)

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 population of Puerto Nuevo barrio was 706.[6]

Puerto Nuevo Beach

The Puerto Nuevo Beach has received Blue Flag beach ratings two years in a row, as of 2019, for being a high quality beach.[7] In the high season the beach receives up to 15,000 visitors.[8]

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See also

References
  1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Puerto Nuevo 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. 162.
  7. "Se enciende la Navidad en Vega Baja". Primera Hora. December 4, 2019.
  8. "La Playa Puerto Nuevo en Vega Baja revalida en la clasificación de Bandera Azul". El Nuevo Dia. October 2, 2019.


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