Miradero is a barrio in the municipality of

Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico Cabo Rojo (, ) is a city and municipality situated on the southwest coast of Puerto Rico and forms part of the San Germán–Cabo Rojo metropolitan area as well as the larger Mayagüez–San Germán–Cabo Rojo Combined Statistical Area. Hist ...

. Its population in 2010 was 15,521. Joyuda, a small fishing village on Cabo Rojos' gastronomic route, is in Miradero.

Features

There is a square called in Miradero which happens to be the venue for the annual (the festival of the fish). Joyuda, a fishing village in Miradero is known for its many seafood restaurants along

Puerto Rico Highway 102 Puerto Rico Highway 102 (PR-102) is a main highway in the southwestern portion of the Porta del Sol region of Puerto Rico. It begins at Puerto Rico Highway 2 north of central Mayagüez and runs through the municipalities of Cabo Rojo and San ...

, a coastal road. Joyuda was the most impacted area of Cabo Rojo, when Hurricane María hit Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017. The Ana G. Méndez University has a campus in Miradero.

History

Puerto Rico was ceded by

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in the aftermath of the

Spanish–American War , partof = the Philippine Revolution, the decolonization of the Americas, and the Cuban War of Independence , image = Collage infobox for Spanish-American War.jpg , image_size = 300px , caption = (cloc ...

under the terms of the

Treaty of Paris of 1898 The Treaty of Peace between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain, commonly known as the Treaty of Paris of 1898 ( fil, Kasunduan sa Paris ng 1898; es, Tratado de París de 1898), was a treaty signed by Spain and the United Stat ...

and became an

unincorporated territory of the United States Territories of the United States are sub-national administrative divisions overseen by the federal government of the United States. The various American territories differ from the U.S. states and tribal reservations as they are not sover ...

. In 1899, the

United States Department of War The United States Department of War, also called the War Department (and occasionally War Office in the early years), was the United States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army, ...

conducted a

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses in ...

of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Miradero barrio was 2,011.

Gallery

Places in Miradero: Bahía de Puerto Real.jpg, Puerto Real Bay in Miradero La Playita de Puerto Real, Cabo Rojo.jpg, in Puerto Real Plaza del Pescador - Puerto Real, Cabo Rojo.jpg, Plaza del Pescador Torre Puesta del Sol - Poblado Joyuda, Cabo Rojo.jpg, Building in Joyuda Universidad del Este - Cabo Rojo.jpg, The Ana G. Méndez University, Cabo Rojo campus

References

Barrios of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico {{CaboRojoPR-geo-stub

Features

History

Gallery

See also

References