Puerto Nuevo, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico

Puerto Nuevo is a barrio in the municipality of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 5,908.^[3][4][5]

Puerto Nuevo
Barrio
Beach at Puerto Nuevo
Location of Puerto Nuevo within the municipality of Vega Baja shown in red
Puerto Nuevo Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°29′03″N 66°24′06″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Vega Baja
Area [1]
• Total	4.28 sq mi (11.1 km2)
• Land	2.67 sq mi (6.9 km2)
• Water	1.61 sq mi (4.2 km2)
Elevation [2]	23 ft (7 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	5,908
• Density	2,229.4/sq mi (860.8/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

History

Puerto Nuevo 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 Puerto Nuevo barrio was 706.^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	706		—
1910	631		−10.6%
1920	650		3.0%
1930	856		31.7%
1940	931		8.8%
1950	1,552		66.7%
1960	1,848		19.1%
1970	2,054		11.1%
1980	3,649		77.7%
1990	4,286		17.5%
2000	5,463		27.5%
2010	5,908		8.1%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1960[11] 1980-2000[12] 2010[13]

Puerto Nuevo Beach

Mar Bella Beach, colloquially known as the Puerto Nuevo Beach, has received Blue Flag beach ratings two years in a row, as of 2019, for being a high quality beach.^[14] In the high season the beach receives up to 15,000 visitors.^[15]

Gallery

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  Puerto Nuevo Mar Bella beach
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• Spanish rapping in the Summer of 1995 with a cameo by Snoop Dogg at Puerto Nuevo Beach

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico
• Reggaeton

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Puerto Nuevo barrio
3. 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.
4. Gwillim Law (20 May 2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-4766-0447-3. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
5. Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
6. "Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881". Biblioteca Nacional de España (in Spanish). p. 1614. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
7. Joseph Prentiss Sanger; Henry Gannett; Walter Francis Willcox (1900). Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office (in Spanish). Imprenta del gobierno. p. 162.
8. "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
9. "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
10. "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
11. Census of Population, 1960: Number of Inhabitants, General Population Characteristics, General Social and Economic Characteristics, and Detailed Characteristics. Characteristics of the population. U.S. Bureau of the Census. 1963. pp. 97–101. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
12. "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
13. Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
14. "Se enciende la Navidad en Vega Baja". Primera Hora. December 4, 2019.
15. "La Playa Puerto Nuevo en Vega Baja revalida en la clasificación de Bandera Azul". El Nuevo Dia. October 2, 2019.