Lajas barrio-pueblo
Pueblo de Lajas | |
|---|---|
Municipality Seat[1] | |
 Plaza in Lajas barrio-pueblo in 2009 | |
 Location of Lajas barrio-pueblo within the municipality of Lajas shown in red | |
  Lajas barrio-pueblo Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°02′57″N 67°03′35″W / 18.04925°N 67.059625°W[2] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Lajas |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.06 sq mi (0.2 km2) |
| • Land | 0.06 sq mi (0.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 151 ft (46 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 564 |
| • Density | 9,400/sq mi (3,600/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Lajas barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center (seat) of Lajas, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 564.[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]
- ^ 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: Lajas 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.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Santullanowas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Pariser, Harry S. (2003). Explore Puerto Rico, Fifth Edition. San Francisco: Manatee Press. pp. 52–55. Retrieved 10 February 2019.