Tierras Nuevas Saliente


Tierras Nuevas Saliente is a barrio in the municipality of Manatí, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 6,757.

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 Tortuguero Lagoon is located in Tierras Nuevas Saliente. The eastern part of the lagoon is in Vega Baja, which borders Manatí.

Sectors

Barrios in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores. The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.