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Vega Baja barrio-pueblo. / 18.444396°N 66.386913°W / 18.444396; -66.386913. Vega Baja barrio-pueblo is a barrio and downtown area that serves as the administrative center ( seat) of Vega Baja, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 816.
Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. / 18.44611°N 66.38750°W / 18.44611; -66.38750. Vega Baja ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbeɣa ˈβaxa]) is a town and municipality located on the coast of north central Puerto Rico. It is north of Morovis, east of Manatí, and west of Vega Alta. Vega Baja is spread over 14 barrios. The population of the ...
0.94 sq mi (2.4 km 2) Water volume. 6.43 mi (10.35 km) Laguna Tortuguero Natural Reserve is a natural reservoir located between the municipalities of Vega Baja and Manatí in Puerto Rico . The lagoon is one of only two natural reservoirs in the island of Puerto Rico (the other being Joyuda Lagoon ), and is home to an ample variety of species.
The barrios and subbarrios, [2] 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. Some sectors appear in two barrios.
The Puerto Rico Aqueducts and Sewers Authority ( PRASA; Spanish: Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados de Puerto Rico) is a water company and the government-owned corporation responsible for water quality, management, and supply in Puerto Rico, a US insular area. [1] PRASA is the only entity authorized to conduct such business in Puerto ...
Basin size. 91.57 sq mi. The Cibuco River ( Spanish: Río Cibuco) is a river of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. Part of the river goes through Vega Alta and Corozal municipalities. [1] [2] [3] It is 23.75 miles long. [4] Cibuco River meets Indio River. [5] The river flooded up to 15 feet during Hurricane Maria in some neighborhoods and as late as 2019 ...
Al-Faruq Mosque in Vega Alta, the largest in Puerto Rico, built in 1992. Vega Alta was founded in 1775 by Francisco de los Olivos. It was first named La Vega de Espinosa and popularly known as el pueblo de los 'ñangotaos ("the town of the squatters", in reference to the jíbaros country folk who would wait for the train in a squatting position, due to lack of benches).
July 25, 2007. Paso del Indio Site, also known as VB-4, is an archeological site in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1] It is located about 4 miles (6.4 km) from the Atlantic Ocean on the west bank of the Rio Indio. It is "the largest and deepest stratified (approximately 5 m in ...