Arecibo barrio-pueblo

Arecibo barrio-pueblo
Pueblo de Arecibo
Municipality Seat[1]
Town Hall in Arecibo
Town Hall in Arecibo
Location of Arecibo barrio-pueblo within the municipality of Arecibo shown in red
Location of Arecibo barrio-pueblo within the municipality of Arecibo shown in red
Arecibo barrio-pueblo is located in Caribbean
Arecibo barrio-pueblo
Arecibo barrio-pueblo
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°28′23″N 66°43′13″W / 18.473129°N 66.72022°W / 18.473129; -66.72022[2]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Arecibo
Area
 • Total2.62 sq mi (6.8 km2)
 • Land1.41 sq mi (3.7 km2)
 • Water1.21 sq mi (3.1 km2)
Elevation23 ft (7 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total8,488
 • Density5,935.7/sq mi (2,291.8/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)

Arecibo barrio-pueblo is a barrio and downtown area that serves as the administrative center (seat) of Arecibo, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 8,488.[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: Arecibo 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.