Vegas

Vegas is a barrio in the municipality of Cayey, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,083.

Type: barrio of Puerto Rico
Description: barrio in Cayey, Puerto Rico
Also known as: “Vegas Barrio”, “Vegas, Cayey”, “Vegas, Cayey, Puerto Rico”, and “Vegas, Puerto Rico”

Places of Interest

Highlights include La Liendre Bridge and Arenas Bridge.

La Liendre Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Ipoellet, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The La Liendre Bridge, spanning Beatriz Creek, a tributary to the Río de la Plata, between Cayey, Puerto Rico and Cidra, Puerto Rico. It was built in 1877 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995, and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000.

Arenas Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Quazgaa, Public domain.

The Arenas Bridge is a truss bridge built in 1894 between the municipalities of Cayey and Cidra in Puerto Rico. Also known as Puente Rio La Plata, it was the longest bridge constructed in Puerto Rico during the Spanish colonial period.

Cerro Las Piñas

Peak

Cerro Las Piñas is a mountain of the Sierra de Cayey located in the boundary between the municipalities of Caguas and Cayey in central Puerto Rico. The summit is located at 2,425 feet above sea level, in the barrios Beatriz of Caguas, and Beatriz and Guavate of Cayey. Cerro Las Piñas is situated 4 km northeast of Vegas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beatriz.

Beatriz

Suburb

Beatriz is a barrio in the municipality of Cayey, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,027.

Vegas

Location: Cayey, La Montaña, Puerto Rico, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

18.1282° or 18° 7′ 41″ north

Longitude

-66.1126° or 66° 6′ 45″ west

Elevation

380 metres (1,247 feet)

Open location code

77CM4VHP+7X

GeoNames ID

7269072

Wikidata ID

Q6159955

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Spanish—“Vegas” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Vegas Barrio”
Spanish: “Barrio Vegas”
Spanish: “Vegas (Cayey)”
Spanish: “Vegas (Puerto Rico)”
Spanish: “Vegas”

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