San Cristóbal, Old San Juan Explained

San Cristóbal
Settlement Type:Subbarrio
Image Map1:San Juan Antiguo.jpg
Map Caption1:San Juan Antiguo is in San Juan
Pushpin Map:Caribbean
Pushpin Map Caption:San Juan is in Puerto Rico
Subdivision Type:Commonwealth
Subdivision Name: Puerto Rico
Subdivision Type1:Municipality
Subdivision Name1: San Juan
Subdivision Type2:Barrio
Subdivision Name2:San Juan Antiguo
Population Total:1358
Population As Of:1990
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Note:Source: Census 1990
Native Name Lang:es

San Cristóbal, within Old San Juan, is one of the seven subbarrios of San Juan Antiguo barrio in the municipality of San Juan in Puerto Rico.[1]

History

This subdistrict is named after Castillo San Cristóbal, one of the largest European fortifications in the Americas, which is located here.

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 San Cristóbal was 3,131.[2] In 2010, the population of San Cristóbal was 1,230.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://usa.ipums.org/usa/voliii/pubdocs/1990/ch2/ch-2-53-english.pdf 1990 Census of Housing. Detailed Housing Characteristics: Puerto Rico. U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, Bureau of the Census.
  2. 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. 162. es.
  3. Book: Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and housing unit counts . 2010. 76. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau.