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Las Piedras barrio-pueblo

Pueblo de Las Piedras
Municipality Seat
Location of Las Piedras barrio-pueblo within the municipality of Las Piedras shown in red
Location of Las Piedras barrio-pueblo within the municipality of Las Piedras shown in red
Las Piedras barrio-pueblo is located in Caribbean
Las Piedras barrio-pueblo
Las Piedras barrio-pueblo
Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth  Puerto Rico
Municipality Las Piedras
Area
 • Total 0.18 sq mi (0.5 km2)
 • Land 0.18 sq mi (0.5 km2)
 • Water 0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
443 ft (135 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 1,500
 • Density 8,333.3/sq mi (3,217.5/km2)
  Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)
ZIP Code
00771

Las Piedras barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center (seat) of Las Piedras, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,500.

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.

Located across the central plaza in Las Piedras barrio-pueblo is the Parroquia Inmaculada Concepción, a Roman Catholic church.

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 Pueblo, and Quebrada Arenas, a neighboring barrio, was 1,449.

Historical population
Census Pop.
1900 728
1910 394 −45.9%
1920 618 56.9%
1930 1,335 116.0%
1940 2,055 53.9%
1950 3,146 53.1%
1980 2,386
1990 2,087 −12.5%
2000 1,911 −8.4%
2010 1,500 −21.5%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930
1930-1950 1980-2000 2010

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Las Piedras (Las Piedras) para niños

  • List of communities in Puerto Rico
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