San Francisco, Old San Juan

San Francisco, within Old San Juan, is one of the 7 subbarrios of San Juan Antiguo barrio in the municipality of San Juan in Puerto Rico.[1] A historic church, the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi, is located in San Francisco.

San Francisco
Hill in San Francisco
Hill in San Francisco
San Francisco is in San Juan Antiguo
San Francisco is in San Juan Antiguo
San Juan Antiguo is in San Juan
San Juan Antiguo is in San Juan
San Francisco is located in Caribbean
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Juan is in Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°27′57″N 66°06′47″W / 18.4657344°N 66.1131640°W / 18.4657344; -66.1131640
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality San Juan
BarrioSan Juan Antiguo

History

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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 San Francisco was 1,177.[2] In 2010, the population of San Francisco was 796.[1]

Saint Francis of Assisi Church

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Parroquia San Francisco de Asis (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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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and housing unit counts (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. p. 76.
  2. ^ Joseph Prentiss Sanger; Henry Gannett; Walter Francis Willcox (1900). Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office (in Spanish). Imprenta del gobierno. p. 162.
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