Dorado barrio-pueblo
Pueblo de Dorado | |
|---|---|
Municipality seat | |
 Town Hall in Dorado barrio-pueblo | |
 Location of Dorado barrio-pueblo within the municipality of Dorado shown in red | |
  Dorado barrio-pueblo | |
| Coordinates: 18°27′34″N 66°15′41″W / 18.459338°N 66.261445°W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Dorado |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.07 sq mi (0.2 km2) |
| • Land | 0.07 sq mi (0.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 52 ft (16 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 780 |
| • Density | 11,142.9/sq mi (4,302.3/km2) |
| Source: 2000 Census | |
| ZIP Code | 00646 |
Dorado barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center (seat) of Dorado, a municipality in Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 780.[3][4][5][6] It is one of the six barrios in the municipality of Dorado, Puerto Rico, along with Espinosa, Higuillar, Maguayo, Mameyal and Río Lajas.[7]
As was customary in Spain, the municipality in Puerto Rico 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.[8][9]
- ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dorado barrio-pueblo
- ^ Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Puerto Rico 2000: Population and Housing Unit Counts
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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