Gurabo barrio-pueblo is a
barrio
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and the administrative center (
seat
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) of
Gurabo, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,509.
As was customary in Spain, in Puerto Rico, the municipality has a barrio called ''
pueblo
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'' 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
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Laws of the Indies
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, Spanish law, which regulated life in Puerto Rico in the early 19th century, stated the plaza's purpose was for "the parties" (celebrations, festivities) ( es, a propósito para las fiestas), and that the square should be proportionally large enough for the number of neighbors ( es, 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 from the central plaza is the
Church of San José (), a
Roman Catholic
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church which was inaugurated in 1822. Over time, the church has been damaged by hurricanes and repaired and remodeled. The latest restoration on the church was completed in 1989.
History
Puerto Rico was ceded by
Spain
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in the aftermath of the
Spanish–American War
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under the terms of the
Treaty of Paris of 1898
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and became an
unincorporated territory of the United States
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. In 1899, the
United States Department of War
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conducted a
census
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of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Gurabo Pueblo was 1,309.
Demographics
Sectors
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to
minor civil divisions
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)
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 Gurabo barrio-pueblo:
Barriada Nueva, Casco del Pueblo,
El Cerro
El Cerro is a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 529 people.
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, Rabo del Buey, and Vietnam. El Cerro is famous for its steep roads and
step street
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s, and it gives Gurabo the nickname ''Pueblo de las Escaleras'' ("town of the stairs").
Gallery
File:2021plazadegurabo1.jpg, Plaza de Gurabo
File:2021Guraboiglesia1.jpg, Church San José of Gurabo, listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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.
File:2021escalerasdegurabo1.jpg, One of the famous step streets of El Cerro
El Cerro is a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 529 people.
Geography
Th ...
.
File:2021elcerrogurabo1.jpg, Steep streets in El Cerro.
See also
*
List of communities in Puerto Rico
In Puerto Rico, there are 78 municipalities and 902 municipio subdivisions made up of 827 barrios and 75 barrios-pueblo. There are also a number of subbarrios and communities. The following is a list of the 902 barrios, some of the subbarrios, i ...
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List of barrios and sectors of Gurabo, Puerto Rico
Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Gurabo is subdivided into administrative units called barrios, which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions, (and means ''wards'' or ''boroughs'' or ''neighborhoods'' in Eng ...
References
External links
*{{GNIS, 2415472
Barrios of Gurabo, Puerto Rico