Puerto Rico · PR
Vega Baja
Ciudad del Melao Melao, on the north coast.
- Population
- 54,414 (2020 census)
- Founded
- 1776
- Central San Vicente
- 1873–1967
Then
- 1776
Spain recognizes Vega Baja as a town on October 7.
- 1873
Leonardo Igaravidez opens Central San Vicente, Puerto Rico's first modern sugar mill.
Now
Puerto Nuevo Beach is among the north coast's busiest, and Tortuguero Lagoon is nearby. The tide station is at the mouth of the Río Cibuco.