Tierras Nuevas Poniente

Tierras Nuevas Poniente is a rural barrio in the municipality of Manatí, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,614.[3][4][5]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
19001,534—
19101,77015.4%
19201,715−3.1%
19302,56849.7%
19402,6212.1%
19502,435−7.1%
19602,212−9.2%
19802,841—
19903,29916.1%
20004,09824.2%
20103,614−11.8%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900)[6] 1910-1930[7]
1930-1950[8] 1980-2000[9] 2010[10]
Tierras Nuevas Poniente
Barrio
Secluded beach in Tierras Nuevas Poniente
Secluded beach in Tierras Nuevas Poniente
Location of Tierras Nuevas Poniente within the municipality of Manatí shown in red
Location of Tierras Nuevas Poniente within the municipality of Manatí shown in red
Tierras Nuevas Poniente is located in Caribbean
Tierras Nuevas Poniente
Tierras Nuevas Poniente
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°27′47″N 66°30′54″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Manatí
Area
[1]
 • Total7.30 sq mi (18.9 km2)
 • Land6.26 sq mi (16.2 km2)
 • Water1.04 sq mi (2.7 km2)
Elevation
[2]
10 ft (3 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total3,614
 • Density577.3/sq mi (222.9/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)

History

The barrio was in Spain's gazetteers[11] 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 Poniente barrio was 1,534.[12]

Places of interest

Playa Cueva Las Golondrinas, where visitors have been cited for public indecency, is located in Tierras Nuevas Poniente. Puerto Rico does not have nudist beaches.[13]

  • On the road (Calle La Esperanza) heading north towards Esperanza Beach
    On the road (Calle La Esperanza) heading north towards Esperanza Beach
  • Cueva de las Golondrinas
    Cueva de las Golondrinas

See also

References
  1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tierras Nuevas Poniente 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. "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.
  7. "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.
  8. "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.
  9. "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.
  10. 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.
  11. "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.
  12. 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. 161.
  13. "Investigan la existencia de una posible playa nudista en Manatí". Univision (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2019-09-28. Retrieved 2019-09-28.


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