Quebrada Yeguas
Barrio of Salinas, Puerto Rico
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Quebrada Yeguas is a barrio in the municipality of Salinas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,528.[3][4][5]
Quebrada Yeguas | |
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Barrio | |
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 Location of Quebrada Yeguas within the municipality of Salinas shown in red | |
  Quebrada Yeguas Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°02′04″N 66°11′45″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality | 
Salinas |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.93 sq mi (23.1 km2) |
| • Land | 8.92 sq mi (23.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.026 km2) |
| Elevation | 617 ft (188 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 1,528 |
| • Density | 171.3/sq mi (66.1/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
History
Quebrada Yeguas 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 Palmas and Quebrada Yeguas barrios was 981.[7]
