Tejas, Yabucoa, Puerto Rico facts for kids
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Tejas
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Barrio
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Pentecostal church in Piedra Azul in Tejas
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Location of Tejas within the municipality of Yabucoa shown in red
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 Tejas, Yabucoa, Puerto Rico
Location in Caribbean
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| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Yabucoa |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.85 sq mi (10.0 km2) |
| • Land | 3.85 sq mi (10.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 794 ft (242 m) |
| Population
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| • Total | 3,044 |
| • Density | 790.6/sq mi (305.3/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Tejas is a barrio in the municipality of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,044.
History
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 Tejas barrio was 933.
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1900 | 933 | — | |
| 1980 | 2,199 | — | |
| 1990 | 2,279 | 3.6% | |
| 2000 | 2,830 | 24.2% | |
| 2010 | 3,044 | 7.6% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930 1930-1950 1980-2000 2010 |
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Sectors
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) 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.
The following sectors are in Tejas barrio:
Carretera 639, Sector Los Tres Puntos, Sector Piedra Azul, Sector Tejas Afuera y Adentro, and Sector Valerio Velázquez.
See also
In Spanish: Tejas (Yabucoa) para niños
- List of communities in Puerto Rico
- List of barrios and sectors of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico
