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Pueblo de Quebradillas
Municipality Seat
Historic building in Quebradillas barrio-pueblo
Historic building in Quebradillas barrio-pueblo
Location of Quebradillas barrio-pueblo within the municipality of Quebradillas shown in red
Location of Quebradillas barrio-pueblo within the municipality of Quebradillas shown in red
Quebradillas barrio-pueblo is located in Caribbean
Quebradillas barrio-pueblo
Quebradillas barrio-pueblo
Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth  Puerto Rico
Municipality Quebradillas
Area
 • Total 0.65 sq mi (1.7 km2)
 • Land 0.65 sq mi (1.7 km2)
 • Water 0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
371 ft (113 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 3,103
 • Density 4,773.8/sq mi (1,843.2/km2)
  Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Quebradillas barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center (seat) of Quebradillas, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,103.

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.

The central plaza and its church

The central plaza, or square, is a place for official and unofficial recreational events and a place where people can gather and socialize from dusk to dawn. The Laws of the Indies, Spanish law, which regulated life in Puerto Rico in the early 19th century, stated the plaza's purpose was for "the parties" (celebrations, festivities) (Spanish: a propósito para las fiestas), and that the square should be proportionally large enough for the number of neighbors (Spanish: grandeza proporcionada al número de vecinos). These Spanish regulations also stated that the streets nearby should be comfortable portals for passersby, protecting them from the elements: sun and rain.

Located across the central plaza in Quebradillas barrio-pueblo is the Parroquia San Rafael Arcángel, a Roman Catholic church which was inaugurated in 1950. The first church at the site was a wooden construction completed in 1823. The second church made of mampostería (rubblework) was built in 1828, however, it was badly damaged by the 1918 San Fermín earthquake and was demolished soon thereafter.

History

Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Quebradillas barrio was 1,166.

Historical population
Census Pop.
1900 1,166
1910 1,224 5.0%
1920 1,420 16.0%
1930 1,755 23.6%
1940 1,945 10.8%
1950 2,405 23.7%
1980 1,573
1990 1,526 −3.0%
2000 1,402 −8.1%
2010 3,130 123.3%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930
1930-1950 1980-2000 2010

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (sectors in English). The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.

The following sectors are in Quebradillas barrio-pueblo:

Residencial Jardines del Carmen, and Urbanización La Ceiba.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Quebradillas (Quebradillas) para niños

  • List of communities in Puerto Rico
  • List of barrios and sectors of Quebradillas, Puerto Rico
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