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.[1][5][6][7]
Culebra barrio-pueblo
Pueblo de Culebra Dewey[2] | |
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Municipality Seat[1] | |
 Town Hall in Culebra barrio-pueblo | |
.png) Location of Culebra barrio-pueblo within the municipality of Culebra highlighted | |
  Culebra barrio-pueblo Location of Culebra in Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°18′21″N 65°18′08″W / 18.305921°N 65.302173°W[3] | |
| 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 |
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.[8][9]
The central plaza and its church
editThe 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.[8]
At one time, this barrio was referred to as Dewey.[2][10]
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.[11]
History
editCulebra barrio-pueblo was in Spain's gazetteers[12] 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 Culebra barrio-pueblo was 206.[13]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 206 | — | |
| 1910 | 384 | 86.4% | |
| 1920 | 265 | −31.0% | |
| 1930 | 377 | 42.3% | |
| 1940 | 472 | 25.2% | |
| 1950 | 693 | 46.8% | |
| 1960 | 498 | −28.1% | |
| 1970 | 0 | −100.0% | |
| 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)[14] 1910-1930[15] 1930-1950[16] 1980-2000[17] 2010[18] | |||
Sectors
editBarrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[7] 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.[19][20][21]
The following sectors are in Culebra barrio-pueblo:[22]
Comunidad Clark, Sector Fulladosa, Sector Melones, Sector Sardinas I, and Sector Sardinas II.
Gallery
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Drawbridge in Culebra -
A street and homes in Culebra barrio-pueblo in 2005 -
Post Office -
Museum in Culebra
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See also
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References
edit- ^ a b Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
- ^ a b "Culebra, a Quiet Corner of the Caribbean". The New York Times. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Culebra barrio-pueblo
- ^ Picó, Rafael; Buitrago de Santiago, Zayda; Berrios, Hector H. Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969.
- ^ Gwillim Law (20 May 2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-4766-0447-3. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ a b "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ a b Santullano, Luis A. (10 March 2019). "La Plaza y la Calle". Mirada al Caribe. Vol. 54. Colegio de Mexico. pp. 75–78. doi:10.2307/j.ctvbcd2vs.12. JSTOR j.ctvbcd2vs.12.
- ^ Pariser, Harry S. (2003). Explore Puerto Rico, Fifth Edition. San Francisco: Manatee Press. pp. 52–55. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dewey City Hall
- ^ Mari Mut, José A. (2013-08-28). Los Pueblos de Puerto Rico y Las Iglesias de Sus Plazas [The Pueblos of Puerto Rico, and the Churches of its Plazas] (PDF) (in Spanish). pp. 82–84. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-12-14. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
- ^ "Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881". Biblioteca Nacional de España (in Spanish). p. 1614. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ Mapa de Municipios y Barrios (PDF). Santurce, Puerto Rico: Junta de Planificación. 1955. p. 19. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
- ^ "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
- ^ "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ Rivera Quintero, Marcia (2014), El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 (first ed.), San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón, ISBN 978-0-9820806-1-0
- ^ "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "PRECINTO ELECTORAL CULEBRA 097" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 7 November 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2020.