Salinas barrio-pueblo

Salinas barrio-pueblo
Pueblo de Salinas
Municipality Seat[1]
Nuestra Señora de la Monserrate Catholic Church in Salinas
Nuestra Señora de la Monserrate Catholic Church in Salinas
Location of Salinas barrio-pueblo within the municipality of Salinas shown in red
Location of Salinas barrio-pueblo within the municipality of Salinas shown in red
Salinas barrio-pueblo is located in Caribbean
Salinas barrio-pueblo
Salinas barrio-pueblo
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 17°58′45″N 66°17′48″W / 17.979236°N 66.296618°W / 17.979236; -66.296618[2]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Salinas
Area
 • Total0.46 sq mi (1.2 km2)
 • Land0.46 sq mi (1.2 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation23 ft (7 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total2,453
 • Density5,332.6/sq mi (2,058.9/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)

Salinas barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center (seat) of Salinas, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,453.[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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Salinas barrio-pueblo
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Santullano was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Pariser, Harry S. (2003). Explore Puerto Rico, Fifth Edition. San Francisco: Manatee Press. pp. 52–55. Retrieved 10 February 2019.