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Culebra barrio-pueblo

Pueblo de Culebra

Dewey
Municipality Seat
Town Hall in Culebra barrio-pueblo
Town Hall in Culebra barrio-pueblo
Location of Culebra barrio-pueblo within the municipality of Culebra highlighted
Location of Culebra barrio-pueblo within the municipality of Culebra highlighted
Culebra barrio-pueblo is located in Puerto Rico
Culebra barrio-pueblo
Culebra barrio-pueblo
Location in Puerto Rico
Commonwealth  Puerto Rico
Municipality Culebra
Area
 • Total 0.22 sq mi (0.6 km2)
 • Land 0.13 sq mi (0.3 km2)
 • Water 0.09 sq mi (0.2 km2)
Elevation
10 ft (3 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 462
 • Density 3,553.8/sq mi (1,372.1/km2)
  Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)
ZIP Code
00775

Culebra barrio-pueblo or Culebra Pueblo (English: Culebra Town, historically: Dewey) is a barrio and the administrative center (seat) of Culebra, an island-municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 462.

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) (Spanish: a propósito para las fiestas), and that the square should be proportionally large enough for the number of neighbors (Spanish: 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.

At one time, this barrio was referred to as Dewey.

Located across from the central plaza is the Parroquia Nuestra Señora del Carmen (English: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish), a Roman Catholic church. The church is made of concrete and faces east.

History

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 Culebra barrio-pueblo was 206.

Historical population
Census Pop.
1900 206
1910 384 86.4%
1920 265 −31.0%
1930 377 42.3%
1940 472 25.2%
1950 693 46.8%
1980 849
1990 707 −16.7%
2000 652 −7.8%
2010 462 −29.1%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900, is an estimate) 1910-1930
1930-1950 1980-2000 2010

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 comunidad to residencial, among others.

The following sectors are in Culebra barrio-pueblo:

Comunidad Clark, Sector Fulladosa, Sector Melones, Sector Sardinas I, and Sector Sardinas II.

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See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Culebra (Culebra) para niños

  • List of communities in Puerto Rico
  • List of barrios and sectors of Culebra, Puerto Rico
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