Cienegueta
Barrio of Vega Alta, Puerto Rico
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Cienegueta is a barrio in the municipality of Vega Alta, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 711.[3][4][5]
Cienegueta | |
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Barrio | |
Karst mountains in Cienegueta | |
 Location of Cienegueta within the municipality of Vega Alta shown in red | |
  Cienegueta Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°20′30″N 66°21′59″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality | 
Vega Alta |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.04 sq mi (2.7 km2) |
| • Land | 1.04 sq mi (2.7 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 810 ft (250 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 711 |
| • Density | 683.7/sq mi (264.0/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
History
Cienegueta was in Spain's gazetteers[6] 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 combined population of Mavilla barrio and Cienegueta barrio was 982.[7]
