Guatemala, San Sebastián, Puerto Rico Explained

Official Name:Guatemala
Settlement Type:Barrio
Pushpin Map:Caribbean
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates:18.3527°N -67.0067°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Commonwealth
Subdivision Name: Puerto Rico
Subdivision Type1:Municipality
Subdivision Name1: San Sebastián
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Sq Mi:2.16
Area Land Sq Mi:2.16
Area Water Sq Mi:0
Population As Of:2010
Population Note:Source: 2010 Census
Population Total:2512
Population Density Sq Mi:1163
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Elevation Ft:223
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code

Guatemala is a barrio in the municipality of San Sebastián, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,512.[2] [3] [4]

The Guatemala River is located in Guatemala barrio.

History

Guatemala was in Spain's gazetteers[5] 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 Guatemala barrio and Bahomamey barrio was 1,126.[6]

A large sugar refinery operated in Guatemala until it went into disuse.

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[7] 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.[8] [9]

The following sectors are in Guatemala barrio:[10]

Spanish; Castilian: Avenida Emérito Estrada Rivera, [[Puerto Rico Highway 111|Carretera 111]], [[Puerto Rico Highway 125|Carretera 125]], Carretera 445, Carretera 446, Sector Barandillo, Sector Bejuco, Sector Central Plata, Sector Colón, Sector Goyin Rámirez, Sector Javilla, Sector Laberinto, Sector La Vega, Sector Marcelo Pérez, Sector Méndez, Sector Peña, Sector Rincón (Gozalandia), Sector Salsipuedes, Sector Torres, Urbanización Extensión Villa Rita, Urbanización Jardines de Guatemala, Urbanización Mansiones de Loma Linda, Urbanización San Antonio de La Plata, Urbanización San Carmelo de la Plata, and Spanish; Castilian: Urbanización Villa Rita.

Features

The Guatemala River passes through Guatemala in San Sebastián. There is a sports complex featuring a museum of an hacienda. San Sebastián Memorial is located in Guatemala.

Veredas Sports Complex

Established in 2016 in Guatemala is the Veredas Sports Complex. The complex which consists of a modern skate park, a sand volleyball court, a zipline with four stations, a climbing and rappelling wall, an outdoor gym, a rope bridge, basketball and tennis courts, and walking paths, is set within an urban forest of about six thousand trees. Hacienda La Fe, an agriculture museum is located at the complex.[11]

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: Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881 . Biblioteca Nacional de España . es . 1614. 4 April 2023.
  6. 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.
  7. 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 .
  8. Web site: Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget) . Puerto Rico Budgets. es. 28 June 2019.
  9. Web site: Leyes del 2001. Lex Juris Puerto Rico. es. 24 June 2020.
  10. Web site: PRECINTO ELECTORAL SAN SEBASTIÁN 033 . Comisión Estatal de Elecciones . PR Government . 19 October 2018 . 19 June 2019 . es . 21 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200621150939/http://ww2.ceepur.org/es-pr/Desglose%20de%20Sectores/033%20SAN%20SEBASTIAN.pdf . dead .
  11. Web site: ¡Qué muchas atracciones en San Sebastián del Pepino!. 11 June 2013. Primera Hora. es.