Vegas Abajo, Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
Barrio in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
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Vegas Abajo is a rural barrio in the municipality of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico.[3][4][5]
Vegas Abajo | |
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Barrio | |
Location of Vegas Abajo barrio within the municipality of Adjuntas shown in red | |
  Vegas Abajo Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°11′07″N 66°42′04″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Adjuntas |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.09 sq mi (8.0 km2) |
| • Land | 3.09 sq mi (8.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,745 ft (532 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 605 |
| • Density | 195.8/sq mi (75.6/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| Website | adjuntaspr |
History
Vegas Abajo 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 Guayo barrio and Vegas Abajo barrios was 1,275.[7]
