Tierras Nuevas Saliente
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1900 | 776 | — | |
1910 | 853 | 9.9% | |
1920 | 1,276 | 49.6% | |
1930 | 939 | −26.4% | |
1940 | 2,457 | 161.7% | |
1950 | 2,362 | −3.9% | |
1960 | 2,785 | 17.9% | |
1970 | 2,856 | 2.5% | |
1980 | 3,426 | 20.0% | |
1990 | 4,254 | 24.2% | |
2000 | 5,786 | 36.0% | |
2010 | 6,757 | 16.8% | |
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930 1930-1950 1980-2000 2010 |
History
Tierras Nuevas Saliente was in Spain's gazetteers 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 Tierras Nuevas Saliente barrio was 776.
Features
Mar Chiquita Beach, which is considered a dangerous beach, is located in Tierras Nuevas Saliente.
Part of the Laguna Tortuguero is located in Tierras Nuevas Saliente. The eastern part of the lagoon is in Vega Baja, which borders Manatí.
Sectors
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (sectors in English). The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.
Gallery
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View of Mar Chiquita beach / bay
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Los Tubos Beach in Tierras Nuevas Saliente
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Pool and cover at Mar Chiquita Beach Club
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Mar Chiquita in Tierras Nuevas Saliente