Pugnado Adentro
Barrio of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
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Pugnado Adentro is a barrio in the municipality of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,278.[3][4][5]
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Pugnado Adentro | |
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Barrio | |
Pugnado Adentro panorama | |
 Location of Pugnado Adentro within the municipality of Vega Baja shown in red | |
  Pugnado Adentro Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°23′32″N 66°25′44″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Vega Baja |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.2 sq mi (11 km2) |
| • Land | 4.2 sq mi (11 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 535 ft (163 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 1,278 |
| • Density | 305/sq mi (118/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
History
Pugnado Adentro 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 population of Pugnado Adentro barrio was 425.[7]
