Yabucoa barrio-pueblo

Yabucoa barrio-pueblo
Pueblo de Yabucoa
Municipality Seat[1]
Statue representing the Puerto Rican soldier who fought US wars in Vietnam and Korea
Statue representing the Puerto Rican soldier who fought US wars in Vietnam and Korea
Location of Yabucoa barrio-pueblo within the municipality of Yabucoa shown in red
Location of Yabucoa barrio-pueblo within the municipality of Yabucoa shown in red
Yabucoa barrio-pueblo is located in Caribbean
Yabucoa barrio-pueblo
Yabucoa barrio-pueblo
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°02′50″N 65°52′48″W / 18.047304°N 65.880083°W / 18.047304; -65.880083[2]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Yabucoa
Area
 • Total0.52 sq mi (1.3 km2)
 • Land0.52 sq mi (1.3 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation79 ft (24 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total2,593
 • Density4,986.5/sq mi (1,925.3/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)

Yabucoa barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center (seat) of Yabucoa, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,593.[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: Yabucoa 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.