Aguadilla barrio-pueblo explained

Official Name:Aguadilla barrio-pueblo
Native Name:Spanish; Castilian: Barrio Pueblo Aguadilla
Native Name Lang:es
Settlement Type:Municipality Seat
Pushpin Map:Caribbean
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates:18.4297°N -67.1557°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Commonwealth
Subdivision Name: Puerto Rico
Subdivision Type1:Municipality
Subdivision Name1: Aguadilla
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Sq Mi:0.74
Area Land Sq Mi:0.37
Area Water Sq Mi:0.37
Population As Of:2010
Population Note:Source: 2010 Census
Population Total:3627
Population Density Sq Mi:9802.7
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Elevation Ft:0
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code

Aguadilla barrio-pueblo is an urban barrio and the administrative center (seat) of Aguadilla, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,627.[2] [3] [4] [5]

As was customary in Spain, in Puerto Rico, the municipality has a barrio called pueblo which contains a central plaza, the municipal buildings (city hall), and a Catholic church. Fiestas patronales (patron saint festivals) are held in the central plaza every year.[6]

The central plaza and its church

The central plaza, or square, is a place for official and unofficial recreational events and a place where people can gather and socialize from dusk to dawn. The Laws of the Indies, Spanish law, which regulated life in Puerto Rico in the early 19th century, stated the plaza's purpose was for "the parties" (celebrations, festivities) (Spanish; Castilian: a propósito para las fiestas), and that the square should be proportionally large enough for the number of neighbors (Spanish; Castilian: grandeza proporcionada al número de vecinos). These Spanish regulations also stated that the streets nearby should be comfortable portals for passersby, protecting them from the elements: sun and rain.[7]

Located across the central plaza in Aguadilla barrio-pueblo is the Parroquia San Carlos Borromeo, a Roman Catholic church. Its construction began in 1776 and was completed in 1783. It was remodeled in 1855. One of its towers collapsed during the 1918 San Fermín earthquake and the facade was changed when reconstructed. Its last remodeling was in 1971. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1984.[8] [9]

Landmarks and places of interest

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[5] 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.[10] [11] [12]

The following sectors are in Barrio Pueblo (Norte):[13]

Spanish; Castilian: Avenida Los Robles, Calle Barbosa, Calle Ceiba, Calle Duda, Calle Fuerte, Calle Reguero, Calle Stahl, Callejón del Fuerte, Cerro Juan Vega, Condominio Cuesta Vieja, El Chapey, El Perú, Joya Las Marinas, Residencial Cuesta Vieja, Residencial Puesta del Sol, Sector Cerro Los Condenados (Cuesta Vieja), Sector Cerro Reguero, Sector Cuesta Nueva, Sector Cuesta Vieja, Sector La Vía (Norte), Sector Llanos Jiménez, Sector Luquillo, and Spanish; Castilian: Sector Tamarindo.

The following sectors are in Barrio Pueblo (Sur y Centro):[13]

Spanish; Castilian: Avenida San Carlos, Barriada Visbal, Barrio Higuey, Barrio Iglesias, Calle Mercado, Calle Mercedes Moreno, Calle Progreso, Cerro Cabrera, Cerro Calero, Cerro Echevarría, Cerro Gonzalo, Condominio Torres del Sol, Condominio Villa Mar, Residencial Villamar, Salsipuedes, Santa Bárbara, Sector Campo Alegre, Sector Cerro Las Ánimas, Sector Gregorio Vélez Vaz, Sector Joyas San Carlos, and Spanish; Castilian: Sector La Vía (Sur).

Gallery

The following places are in Aguadilla barrio-pueblo:

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: US Gazetteer 2019. US Census. US Government. 2020-06-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20200116044518/https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_72.txt. 2020-01-16. live.
  2. Book: Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf. 2010. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2019-01-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20170220183043/https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf. 2017-02-20. live.
  3. Book: Picó . Rafael . Buitrago de Santiago . Zayda . Berrios . Hector H. . Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. . San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969 . 2019-01-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181226171916/https://archive.org/details/nuevageografad00pic/page/247 . 2018-12-26 . live .
  4. Book: Gwillim Law. Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. 25 December 2018. 20 May 2015. McFarland. 978-1-4766-0447-3. 300.
  5. Web site: US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition . factfinder.com . US Census . 5 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170513190743/https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm . 13 May 2017 . dead .
  6. Book: Pariser . Harry S. . Explore Puerto Rico, Fifth Edition . 2003 . San Francisco: Manatee Press . 52–55 . registration . 10 February 2019.
  7. Book: Santullano, Luis A.. j.ctvbcd2vs.12. Mirada al Caribe. 10 March 2019. Colegio de Mexico. 54. 75–78. 10.2307/j.ctvbcd2vs.12.
  8. Web site: Los pueblos de Puerto Rico y las iglesias de sus plazas [The pueblos of Puerto Rico and the churches of its plazas] ]. José A. . Mari Mut . archive.org. 28 August 2013 . 19 June 2020. es. 2–5.
  9. Web site: Los Cascos Urbanos Hablan: Aguadilla 2/3 . florida.pbslearningmedia.org/ . Puerto Rico National Endowment for the Humanities . 9 February 2021. es.
  10. Web site: Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget). Puerto Rico Budgets. es. 28 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190628234856/http://www.presupuesto.pr.gov/Presupuesto2015-2016/PresupuestosAgencias/229.htm. 28 June 2019. live.
  11. Web site: Leyes del 2001. Lex Juris Puerto Rico. es. 24 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180914224408/http://www.lexjuris.com/lexlex/Leyes2001/lex2001001.htm. 14 September 2018. live.
  12. Web site: Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico. 8 August 2011. es. 24 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190624004414/https://cpprbib.wordpress.com/biblioteca-virtual/guias-tematicas/comunidades-especiales/comunidades-especiales-de-puerto-rico/. 24 June 2019. live.
  13. Web site: PRECINTO ELECTORAL AGUADILLA 035 . Comisión Estatal de Elecciones . PR Government . 30 January 2019. 21 June 2020. es.

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