Hatillo barrio-pueblo facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Hatillo barrio-pueblo Pueblo de Hatillo
Municipality Seat
Calle Padre Delgado in Hatillo barrio-pueblo
Location of Hatillo barrio-pueblo within the municipality of Hatillo shown in red
Hatillo barrio-pueblo Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Hatillo
Area
• Total	0.84 sq mi (2.2 km2)
• Land	0.59 sq mi (1.5 km2)
• Water	0.25 sq mi (0.6 km2)
Elevation	10 ft (3 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	3,117
• Density	5,283.1/sq mi (2,039.8/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Hatillo barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center (seat) of Hatillo, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,117.

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 dawn to dusk. 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.

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 was built between 1824 and 1830. It sustained damage during the 1918 San Fermín earthquake. A concrete roof, tower and dome were added in 1930.

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 Hatillo barrio-pueblo was 669.

Gallery

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  The annual Festival de las Mascaras

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  Parroquia Nuestra Señora del Carmen

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  Festival de Mascaras de Hatillo

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  Festival de Mascaras de Hatillo

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  Town Hall

See also

In Spanish: Hatillo (Hatillo) para niños

• List of communities in Puerto Rico