Cienegueta
{{short description|Barrio of Vega Alta, Puerto Rico}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Cienegueta
| settlement_type = Barrio
| image_skyline = Barrio Cienegueta, Vega Alta, Puerto Rico.jpg
| image_caption = Karst mountains in Cienegueta
| image_map = Cienegueta, Vega Alta, Puerto Rico locator map.png
| map_caption = Location of Cienegueta within the municipality of Vega Alta shown in red
| pushpin_map = Caribbean
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Puerto Rico
| coordinates = {{coord|18.341684|-66.366292|region:US-PR|format=dms|display=inline, title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = {{cite web |title=US Gazetteer 2019|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_72.txt |website=US Census |publisher=US Government}}
| subdivision_type = Commonwealth
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Puerto Rico}}
| subdivision_type1 = Municipality
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Vega Alta.svg}} [[Vega Alta, Puerto Rico|
Vega Alta]]
| unit_pref = Imperial
| area_total_sq_mi = 1.04
| area_land_sq_mi = 1.04
| area_water_sq_mi = 0
| population_as_of = 2010
| population_footnotes =
| population_note = Source: 2010 Census
| population_total = 711
| population_density_sq_mi = 683.7
| timezone = AST
| utc_offset = −4
| elevation_footnotes = {{GNIS|2414985|Cienegueta barrio}}
| elevation_ft = 810
| postal_code_type = ZIP Code
| postal_code =
| area_code =
}}
Cienegueta is a barrio in the municipality of Vega Alta, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 711.{{cite book |last1=Picó |first1=Rafael |last2=Buitrago de Santiago |first2=Zayda |last3=Berrios |first3=Hector H. |title=Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. |url=https://archive.org/details/nuevageografad00pic/page/247|publisher=San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969}}{{cite book|author=Gwillim Law|title=Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=nXCeCQAAQBAJ|accessdate=25 December 2018|date=20 May 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-0447-3|page=300}}{{cite book|title=Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf | url = https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|year=2010|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau}}
History
Cienegueta was in Spain's gazetteers{{cite web | title=Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881 | website=Biblioteca Nacional de España | url=https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=9047075f-3c7e-411c-9e1e-41a2f650e1ba&page=1587 | language=es |page=1614| access-date=4 April 2023}} 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 combined population of Mavilla barrio and Cienegueta barrio was 982.{{cite book|author1=Joseph Prentiss Sanger|author2=Henry Gannett|author3=Walter Francis Willcox|title=Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office|url=https://archive.org/details/informesobreelc00joangoog|year=1900|publisher=Imprenta del gobierno|page=[https://archive.org/details/informesobreelc00joangoog/page/n253 162]| language=es}}
{{US Census population| align= center
| 1900=
| 1910= 960
| 1920= 961
| 1930= 900
| 1940= 1058
| 1950= 1050
| 1960= 335
| 1970= 280
| 1980= 210
| 1990= 391
| 2000= 440
| 2010= 711
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census
1900 (N/A){{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|title=Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899|publisher=War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716033905/https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|archive-date=July 16, 2017|url-status=live}} 1910-1930{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|title=Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817181600/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|archive-date=August 17, 2017|url-status=live}}
1930-1950{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|title=Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150830033735/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|archive-date=August 30, 2015|url-status=live}} 1960{{cite book | title=Census of Population, 1960: Number of Inhabitants, General Population Characteristics, General Social and Economic Characteristics, and Detailed Characteristics. Characteristics of the population | publisher=U.S. Bureau of the Census| issue=v. 1 | year=1963 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nd8WAAAAYAAJ | access-date=June 10, 2023 | pages=97–101}} 1980-2000{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|title=Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724061852/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|archive-date=July 24, 2017|url-status=live}} 2010{{cite book|title=Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf|url=https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|year=2010|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2019-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220183043/https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|archive-date=2017-02-20|url-status=live}}}}
See also
{{Portal|Puerto Rico}}