Humacao barrio-pueblo
Humacao barrio-pueblo
Pueblo de Humacao | |
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Municipality Seat[1] | |
 Fountain at the main square in Humacao barrio-pueblo | |
 Location of Humacao barrio-pueblo within the municipality of Humacao shown in red | |
  Humacao barrio-pueblo Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°09′07″N 65°49′28″W / 18.152051°N 65.824325°W[2] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Humacao |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.64 sq mi (1.7 km2) |
| • Land | 0.64 sq mi (1.7 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 3,862 |
| • Density | 6,034.4/sq mi (2,329.9/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Humacao barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center (seat) of Humacao, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,862.[1][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][8]
The central plaza history
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: a propósito para las fiestas), and that the square should be proportionally large enough for the number of neighbors (Spanish: 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]
Gallery
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Church Dulce Nombre de Jesús of Humacao in 2020 -
Humacao skyline from the city hall, 2007
See also
References
- ^ a b Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
- ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Humacao barrio-pueblo
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gwillim Law (20 May 2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-4766-0447-3. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ a b Santullano, Luis A. (10 March 2019). Mirada al Caribe. Vol. 54. Colegio de Mexico. pp. 75–78. doi:10.2307/j.ctvbcd2vs.12. JSTOR j.ctvbcd2vs.12.
- ^ Pariser, Harry S. (2003). Explore Puerto Rico, Fifth Edition. San Francisco: Manatee Press. pp. 52–55. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
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