Maunabo barrio-pueblo explained

Official Name:Maunabo barrio-pueblo
Native Name:Pueblo de Maunabo
Native Name Lang:es
Settlement Type:Municipality Seat
Pushpin Map:Caribbean
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates:18.0078°N -65.9007°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Commonwealth
Subdivision Name: Puerto Rico
Subdivision Type1:Municipality
Subdivision Name1: Maunabo
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Sq Mi:0.14
Area Land Sq Mi:0.14
Area Water Sq Mi:0
Population As Of:2010
Population Note:Source: 2010 Census
Population Total:317
Population Density Sq Mi:2264.3
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Elevation Ft:33
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code

Maunabo barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center (seat) of Maunabo, a municipality of Puerto Rico.[2] Its population in 2010 was 317.[3] [4] [5] [6]

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.[7]

Description

Historically, the barrio was divided into east and west with its eastern limit beginning at Puerto Rico Highway 3 in Quebrada Arenas, (at Kilometer 108.92) and its western limit beginning where Quebrada Arenas and Emajagua meet on PR-3, at (Kilometer 110.03).[8]

The central plaza and its church

The central plaza, or square, is a place in the barrio-pueblo 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.[9]

Located across the central plaza in Maunabo barrio-pueblo is the Spanish; Castilian: Parroquia San Isidro Labrador, a Roman Catholic church.[10]

History

Maunabo barrio-pueblo was in Spain's gazetteers[11] 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 Maunabo Pueblo was 1,277.[12]

The barrio-pueblo was called Spanish; Castilian: Pueblo until it was referred to as "barrio-pueblo", starting with the 1990 US Census.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: US Gazetteer 2019. US Census. US Government. 2020-07-03. 2020-01-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20200116044518/https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_72.txt. live.
  2. Web site: US Census Glossary . census.gov . 28 September 2020 . 29 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170829071054/https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/reference/GARM/glosGARM.pdf . live. G-6.
  3. Book: Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf. 2010. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2019-01-12. 2017-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20170220183043/https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf. live.
  4. 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. 1969 .
  5. 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.
  6. 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 .
  7. Book: Pariser . Harry S. . Explore Puerto Rico, Fifth Edition . 2003 . San Francisco: Manatee Press . 52–55 . registration . 10 February 2019.
  8. Book: 1955 . Mapa de municipios y barrios - Maunabo - Memoria Núm. 77 . University of Puerto Rico . Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, Oficina del Gobernador, Junta de Planificacion, Santurce, Puerto Rico.
  9. Book: Santullano, Luis A.. j.ctvbcd2vs.12. Mirada al Caribe. 10 March 2019. Colegio de Mexico. 54. 75–78. 10.2307/j.ctvbcd2vs.12.
  10. Book: Mari Mut, José A. . Los Pueblos de Puerto Rico y Las Iglesias de Sus Plazas [The Pueblos of Puerto Rico, and the Churches of its Plazas] ]. 2013-08-28 . es . 2021-09-16 . 2020-12-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201214203116/http://edicionesdigitales.info/PueblosPR/pueblospr.pdf . live.
  11. 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.
  12. 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. 163. es.