Lajas barrio-pueblo

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Lajas barrio-pueblo
Pueblo de Lajas
Municipality Seat [1]
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Plaza in Lajas barrio-pueblo in 2009
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Location of Lajas barrio-pueblo within the municipality of Lajas shown in red
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Lajas barrio-pueblo
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°02′57″N67°03′35″W / 18.04925°N 67.059625°W / 18.04925; -67.059625 [2]
Commonwealth Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Municipality Flag of Lajas (PR).svg Lajas
Area
[2]
  Total0.06 sq mi (0.2 km2)
  Land0.06 sq mi (0.2 km2)
  Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
[3]
151 ft (46 m)
Population
 (2010)
  Total564
  Density9,400/sq mi (3,600/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Lajas barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center (seat) of Lajas, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 564. [1] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

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. [7] [8]

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. [7]

Located across the central plaza in Lajas barrio-pueblo is the Parroquia Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, a Roman Catholic church. [9]

History

Lajas barrio-pueblo was in Spain's gazetteers [10] 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 Lajas Pueblo was 1,385. [11]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1900 1,385
1910 2,07049.5%
1920 2,2659.4%
1930 2,83024.9%
1940 2,294−18.9%
1950 1,146−50.0%
1960 914−20.2%
1980 969
1990 807−16.7%
2000 771−4.5%
2010 564−26.8%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900) [12] 1910-1930 [13]
1930-1950 [14] 1980-2000 [15] 2010 [16]

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