Quebradillas Barrio-pueblo

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) ( 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 the central plaza in Quebradillas barrio-pueblo is the , 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 (rubblework) was built in 1828, however, it was badly damaged by the 1918 San Fermín earthquake and was demolished soon thereafter.

History

Quebradillas barrio-pueblo was in Spain's gazetteers until 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.

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:

, and .

See also

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

References

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Barrios of Quebradillas, Puerto Rico