Yeguada, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico Explained

Official Name:Yeguada
Settlement Type:Barrio
Pushpin Map:Caribbean
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates:18.4746°N -66.4258°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Commonwealth
Subdivision Name: Puerto Rico
Subdivision Type1:Municipality
Subdivision Name1: Vega Baja
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Sq Mi:3.24
Area Land Sq Mi:2.46
Area Water Sq Mi:0.78
Population As Of:2010
Population Note:Source: 2010 Census
Population Total:1932
Population Density Sq Mi:785.4
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Elevation Ft:0
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code

Yeguada is a barrio in the municipality of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,932.[2] [3] [4]

History

Native people inhabited Yeguada, and the barrio later came to be known for the breeding of horses used for transportation.[5]

Yeguada 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 Yeguada barrio was 428.[7]

Features

Part of the Spanish; Castilian: [[Tortuguero Lagoon|Laguna Tortuguero]], a natural reservoir, is located in Yeguada.[8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: US Gazetteer 2019. US Census. US Government. 2020-07-10. 2020-01-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20200116044518/https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_72.txt. live.
  2. Book: Picó . Rafael . Buitrago de Santiago . Zayda . Berrios . Hector H. . Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. . San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969.
  3. Book: Gwillim Law. Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. 25 December 2018. 20 May 2015. McFarland. 978-1-4766-0447-3. 300.
  4. Book: Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf. 2010. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2018-12-27. 2017-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20170220183043/https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf. live.
  5. Web site: Barrios de Vega Baja: Yeguada . Enciclopedia Vegabajeña 2021 . May 2, 2021 . December 6, 2021 . May 8, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210508191521/https://enciclopediavegabajena.com/2021/05/02/barrios-de-vega-baja-yeguada/ . live .
  6. Web site: Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881 . Biblioteca Nacional de España . es . 1614. 4 April 2023.
  7. Book: Joseph Prentiss Sanger. Henry Gannett. Walter Francis Willcox. Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office. 1900. Imprenta del gobierno. 162. es.
  8. Web site: P.L. 94-171 VTD/SLD REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Vega Baja Municipio, PR . US Census . 30 December 2022 . Washington, DC . 2010.

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