Espinar, Aguada, Puerto Rico Explained

Official Name:Espinar
Settlement Type:Barrio
Pushpin Map:Caribbean
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates:18.4079°N -67.1629°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Commonwealth
Subdivision Name: Puerto Rico
Subdivision Type1:Municipality
Subdivision Name1: Aguada
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Sq Mi:1.23
Area Land Sq Mi:0.86
Area Water Sq Mi:0.37
Population As Of:2010
Population Note:Source: 2010 Census
Population Total:1281
Population Density Sq Mi:1489.5
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Elevation Ft:0
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:00602
Area Code:787, 939

Espinar is a barrio in the municipality of Aguada, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,281.[2] [3] [4]

History

Espinar is located near the Culebrinas River and is named after a Franciscan priest who founded a convent there. In 1529, Espinar and other priests were assassinated by the indigenous Island Caribs. Their deaths resulted in a hermitage being built for honoring their martyrdom. Later on, Franciscan priests erected a new church over the ruins of the first and, to this day, religious services are held there.[5] [6]

Espinar was in Spain's gazetteers[7] 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 population of Espinar and Carrizal barrios was 1,010.[8]

Puente de Coloso

The Puente de Coloso, a bridge used during the height of sugarcane production in Puerto Rico is located near Espinar.

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[9] 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] [13]

The following sectors are in Espinar barrio:[14]

Spanish; Castilian: Brisas de Espinar (Solares), Parcelas Pastos Comunales, Sector El Caracol, Sector Hernández Ramírez, Sector Hoyo Frío, Sector La Playa, Sector Marcial, and Spanish; Castilian: Sector Río Culebrinas.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: US Gazetteer 2019. US Census . US Government.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Book: Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf . 2010. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau.
  5. Web site: Barrios de Puerto Rico: Barrio Espinar de Aguada [The History of Puerto Rico through its Barrios: Espinar of Aguada]]. www.pbslearningmedia.org . Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades and Sistemas TV . 2 September 2020 . es . video.
  6. Web site: Parroquia Inmaculada Concepción . capuchinospr.org . es . 3 September 2020.
  7. Web site: Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881 . Biblioteca Nacional de España . es . 1614. 4 April 2023.
  8. Book: Joseph Prentiss Sanger. Henry Gannett. Walter Francis Willcox. Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office. 1900. Imprenta del gobierno. 160. es.
  9. 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 .
  10. Web site: Los pueblos de Puerto Rico y las iglesias de sus plazas . José A. . Mari Mut . archive.org. 28 August 2013 . 19 June 2020. es.
  11. Web site: Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget) . Puerto Rico Budgets. es. 28 June 2019.
  12. Web site: Leyes del 2001. Lex Juris Puerto Rico. es. 24 June 2019.
  13. Web site: Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico. 8 August 2011. es. 24 June 2019.
  14. Web site: DESGLOSE DE SECTORES Y CENTROS DE VOTACIÓN PRECINTO ELECTORAL - AGUADA 038. Comisión Estatal de Elecciones Puerto Rico. 28 October 2019. 15 June 2020. es. 16 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200616024418/http://ww2.ceepur.org/es-pr/Desglose%20de%20Sectores/038%20AGUADA.pdf. dead.

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