San Francisco, within
Old San Juan
Old San Juan () is a historic district located at the "northwest triangle" of the San Juan Islet, islet of San Juan in San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan. Its area roughly correlates to the Ballajá, Old San Juan, Ballajá, Catedral, Old San Juan, ...
, is one of the 7 subbarrios of
San Juan Antiguo barrio in the municipality of
San Juan in Puerto Rico.
A historic church, the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi, is located in San Francisco.
History
Puerto Rico was ceded by
Spain
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in the aftermath of the
Spanish–American War
The Spanish–American War (April 21 – August 13, 1898) was fought between Restoration (Spain), Spain and the United States in 1898. It began with the sinking of the USS Maine (1889), USS ''Maine'' in Havana Harbor in Cuba, and resulted in the ...
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, was signed by Restoration (Spain), Spain and the United States on December 10, 1898, and marked the end of the ...
and became an
unincorporated territory of the United States. 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, als ...
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 San Francisco was 1,177.
In 2010, the population of San Francisco was 796.
Saint Francis of Assisi Church
(
Church of Saint Francis of Assisi) is located on San Francisco Street. This historic church gives its name to the subdistrict. Some famous Puerto Rican figures such as
Impressionist painter
Francisco Oller have been buried in its crypt.
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Gallery
Calle en San Francisco, un subbarrio del barrio San Juan Antiguo en San Juan, Puerto Rico.jpg, Street in San Francisco
Burger King in San Francisco, a subbarrio of San Juan Antiguo barrio, in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.jpg, Burger King
See also
*
List of communities in Puerto Rico
References
External links
*
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
Geography of San Juan, Puerto Rico
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