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Guaynabo
Guaynabo (, ) is a city and municipality on the northeastern coastal plain of Puerto Rico. Located west of the capital San Juan, east of Bayamón, south of Cataño and San Juan Bay, and north of Aguas Buenas, Guaynabo is spread over 9 barrios and the downtown area and administrative center of Guaynabo Pueblo. With a land area of and a population of 89,780 as of the 2020 census, it is part of the San Juan metropolitan area. The studios of WAPA-TV, the most watched television station in Puerto Rico, are located in Guaynabo. History The first European settlement in Puerto Rico, Caparra, was founded in 1508 by Juan Ponce de León in land that is today part of Guaynabo. Ponce de León resided there as first Spanish governor of Puerto Rico. This settlement was abandoned in 1521 in favor of San Juan. The ruins of Caparra remain and are a U.S. National Historic Landmark. The Museum of the Conquest and Colonization of Puerto Rico, which features artifacts from the site and other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Highways In Puerto Rico
The highway system in Puerto Rico is composed of approximately of roads in Puerto Rico, maintained by the Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works (Spanish: ''Departmento de Transportación y Obras Públicas'') or DTOP. The highway system in Puerto Rico is divided into four networks: primary, urban primary, secondary or inter-municipal, and tertiary or local (Spanish: ''red primaria'', ''red primaria urbana'', ''red secundaria o intermunicipal'', and ''red terciaria o local''). Highways may change between networks and retain their same numbers. Highway markers Puerto Rico roads are classified according to the network they belong to. There are four types: primary, urban primary, secondary, and tertiary.''GuÃas para la Selección ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guaynabo Barrio-pueblo
Guaynabo barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center (seat) of Guaynabo, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,008. 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) (), and that the square should be proportionally large enough for the number of neighbors (). These Spanish regulations also stated that the streets nearby should be comfortable portals for passersby, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camarones, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Camarones is a Barrios of Puerto Rico, barrio in the municipality of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 5,626. History The name meaning "shrimp" in English comes from the Camarones River. Camarones 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 Insular area, 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 Camarones barrio was 620. 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 Camarones barrio: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iglesia Parroquial De San Pedro Mártir De Guaynabo
The San Pedro Mártir Parish Church of Guaynabo (Spanish: ''Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro Mártir de Guaynabo'') is a historic parish church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico, located in Guaynabo Pueblo (downtown Guaynabo) in the Puerto Rican municipality of the same name. The church was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places on September 8, 1976, and to the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000. The church is the oldest building in Guaynabo, and it was established as a parish in 1775. The structure itself is older, dating to at least 1750 when it was a chapel used by the farming communities in the area. It has remained in use as a parish church and as such it has witnessed the growth of Guaynabo from an isolated farming town into a suburb of metropolitan San Juan. The church is representative of the structures built by the Spanish in their Caribbean colonial towns, conveying in its simplicity the econo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pueblo Viejo, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Pueblo Viejo is a barrio in the municipality of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 23,816. History In 1508, Juan Ponce de León founded the original Spanish settlement in Puerto Rico at Caparra (named after the province of Cáceres, Spain, the birthplace of then-governor of Spain's Caribbean territories Nicolás de Ovando), which today is known as Pueblo Viejo barrio. Pueblo Viejo 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 A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ... of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Pueblo Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frailes, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Frailes is a barrio in the municipality of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 32,050. Geography Frailes is located in central Guaynabo. According to the United States Census Bureau, the barrio has a total area of , of which is land and is water. It is situated above sea level. Demographics 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 Frailes barrio: , and . Notable residents * Carlos Dávila Dávila Gallery Carretera PR-833, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico (1).jpg, Puerto Rico Highway 833 in Frailes Carretera PR-838, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.jpg, Puerto Rico Highway 838 in Frailes Carretera PR-841, Guaynabo-San Juan, Puerto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Rosa, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Santa Rosa is a barrio in the municipality of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 16,904. History Santa Rosa 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 Santa Rosa barrio was 687. 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 Santa Rosa barrio: , and . Gallery Carretera PR-836, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico (1).jpg, Puerto Rico Highway 836 in Santa Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Puerto Rico
The municipalities of Puerto Rico (Spanish language, Spanish: ''municipios de Puerto Rico'') are the second-level List of administrative divisions by country, administrative divisions defined with geographic Border, boundaries and governmental authority in the Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island of Puerto Rico. Amounting to 78 municipal corporation, incorporated towns and cities equivalent to List of United States counties and county equivalents, U.S. counties, only two of which are outside the main island, namely the smaller islands of Vieques, Puerto Rico, Vieques and Culebra, Puerto Rico, Culebra, each municipality is governed by an elected Mayor–council government#Strong-mayor government form, strong mayor and a Unicameralism, unicameral municipal council, legislature. The municipalities are divided into 902 Barrios of Puerto Rico, barrios, the third-level administrative divisions under the political leadership of the municipal government. As a Territories of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamey, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Mamey is a barrio in the municipality of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,103. 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 Mamey barrio: , and . Sites is a scenic lookout located in Mamey that provides for views of the metropolitan area (San Juan). Gallery File:La ceiba de Mamey al final del expreso la Muda, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.jpg, A Ceiba tree in Mamey at File:Carretera PR-835, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.jpg, Puerto Rico Highway 835 in Mamey See also * List of communities in Puerto Rico In the archipelago and island of Puerto Rico, there are 78 municipalities serving as second-level administrative divisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caparra Archaeological Site
Caparra is an archaeological site in the municipality of Guaynabo in northeastern Puerto Rico. Declared a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1994, the site contains the remains of the first European settlement and capital of the main island of Puerto Rico, specifically the foundations of the residence of Juan Ponce de León, the first European conquistador and governor of Puerto Rico. Settled in 1508 and officially abandoned in 1521, it represents the oldest known European settlement in the United States. The site is on the grounds of the ''Museo de la Conquista y Colonización'' (Museum of the Conquest and Colonization of Puerto Rico), which features artifacts from the area and other archaeological sites in Puerto Rico. History In 1508, Juan Ponce de León founded the original Spanish settlement in Puerto Rico at Caparra, named after the abandoned ancient Roman village of Cáparra in the province of Cáceres, Spain, the birthplace of then-governor of Spain's Caribbean terr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guaraguao, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Guaraguao is a barrio in the municipality of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,178. History Guaraguao 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 Guaraguao barrio was 763. 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 Guaraguao barrio: , and . See also * List of communities in Puerto Rico In the archipelago and island of Puerto Rico, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hato Nuevo, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
Hato Nuevo is a barrio in the municipality of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,114. Demographics Hurricane Maria Hurricane Maria, the deadly Category 5 hurricane that struck Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017, caused flooding and damaged infrastructure in Hato Nuevo. A bridge to replace a collapsed bridge in Hato Nuevo was completed and inaugurated on February 14, 2019, nearly a year and a half later. 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 Hato Nuevo barrio: , and . See also * List of communities in Puerto Rico * List of barrios and sectors of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Gua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
