Catedral, Old San Juan

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Catedral
Subbarrio
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View from Calle del Cristo and Calle del Tetuán in Catedral
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Catedral is in San Juan Antiguo
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Catedral
San Juan is in Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°27′52″N66°07′09″W / 18.4645589°N 66.1191550°W / 18.4645589; -66.1191550
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Barrio San Juan Antiguo

Catedral is one of 7 subbarrios of the San Juan Antiguo barrio in the municipality of San Juan in Puerto Rico. Catedral, named after the Cathedral of San Juan Bautista, is one of the six subbarrios which form part of the Old San Juan Historic District. [1]

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History

Having been inhabited since 1511, the Catedral subbarrio represents the oldest portion of Old San Juan, with its namesake cathedral and some of its squares being the oldest established structures in the city. [2] Some of the oldest institutions in the Americas were established here during the 16th century. [3] [4] Additionally, La Fortaleza, the headquarters of the executive branch of the Puerto Rican government, [5] and the Puerto Rico Department of State, [6] are also located in this subbarrio. Originally known as the Barrio de San Juan before the annexation of Santurce and the subsequent dissolution of the previously-established barrios of the city, Catedral still functions as the administrative and historic downtown of the city, containing the cathedral, the city hall and its primary plaza or main town square. [7] [8]

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 Catedral was 2,497. [9]

Cityscape

Places of interest

Main streets and squares

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1900 2,497—
1910 4,33173.4%
1920 4,245−2.0%
1930 3,719−12.4%
1940 3,8553.7%
1950 3,146−18.4%
1980 546—
1990 483−11.5%
2000 4932.1%
2010 58819.3%
U.S. Decennial Census
1900 (uses 1899 data) [10] 1910-1930 [11]
1930-1950 [12] 1980-2000 [13] 2010 [14]

References

  1. ↑ "Puerto Rico", Oxford Art Online . Retrieved May 24, 2017
  2. ↑ Matovina, Timothy (March 4, 2016). "American Latino Theme Study: Religion (U.S. National Park Service)". NPS.gov Homepage (U.S. National Park Service). Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Hispanic Firsts", By; Nicolas Kanellos, publisher Visible Ink Press; ISBN   0-7876-0519-0; p.40
  4. ↑ Felices Sanchez, Fernando Benicio (2005). "Iglesia de San José". Revista del Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña Segunda serie, Año 6 número 11. 2005. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. pp. 10–19. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  5. ↑ "La Fortaleza | Oficina del Gobernador". www.fortaleza.pr.gov (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  6. ↑ "Origen del Departamento de Estado | Departamento de Estado" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  7. ↑ "Puerto Rico", Oxford Art Online . Retrieved May 24, 2017
  8. ↑ José A. Mari Mut (2013-08-28). Los pueblos de Puerto Rico y las iglesias de sus plazas.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. ↑ "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.
  14. ↑ 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.


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