Tejas, Humacao, Puerto Rico
Barrio of Puerto Rico
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Tejas is a barrio in the municipality of Humacao, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 6,821.[3][4][5]
Tejas | |
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Barrio | |
Puerto Rico Highway 30 in Tejas | |
 Location of Tejas within the municipality of Humacao shown in red | |
  Tejas Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°08′52″N 65°50′31″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Humacao |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.99 sq mi (7.7 km2) |
| • Land | 2.99 sq mi (7.7 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 230 ft (70 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 6,821 |
| • Density | 2,281.3/sq mi (880.8/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| ZIP Code | 00791 |
History
Tejas 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 Tejas barrio was 704.[7]
