Lares, Lares, Puerto Rico Explained

Official Name:Lares
Native Name Lang:es
Settlement Type:Barrio
Pushpin Map:Caribbean
Coordinates:18.2943°N -66.844°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Commonwealth
Subdivision Name: Puerto Rico
Subdivision Type1:Municipality
Subdivision Name1: Lares
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Sq Mi:4.94
Area Land Sq Mi:4.94
Area Water Sq Mi:0
Population As Of:2010
Population Note:Source: 2010 Census
Population Total:3405
Population Density Sq Mi:689.3
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Elevation Ft:1447
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code

Lares is a barrio in the municipality of Lares, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,405.[2] [3] [4]

History

Lares was in Spain's gazetteers[5] 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 Lares barrio was 1,954.[6]

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[7] and subbarrios,[8] 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 residencial, among others.[9] [10]

The following sectors are in Lares barrio:[11]

Spanish; Castilian: Camino Obispo, Cuesta Mayía, El 25, La Sabana Sumidero, Las Casetas Capotillo, Las Tres Marías, Sector Jobos López, Sector Jobos Mario, Sector La Sierra Tatí, Sector Las Minas, Sector Los Muros, Sector Manolo Toledo, Sector Miján Parcelas Miría, Sector Palmarllano, Sector Sierra Miría, Tramo [[Puerto Rico Highway 111|Carretera 111]], Tramo [[Puerto Rico Highway 134|Carretera 134]], and Spanish; Castilian: Urbanización Villa Palmira.

Features

Spanish; Castilian: Facilidades Recreativas Edelmiro “Mirito” Jiménez is a recreational facility and mini baseball stadium named after Edelmiro “Mirito” Jiménez,[12] located on PR-111 in Lares barrio.[13]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: US Gazetteer 2019. US Census . US Government.
  2. Book: 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.
  3. Book: Gwillim Law. Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. 25 December 2018. 20 May 2015. McFarland. 978-1-4766-0447-3. 300.
  4. Book: Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf . 2010. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau.
  5. Web site: Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881 . Biblioteca Nacional de España . es . 1614. 4 April 2023.
  6. Book: Joseph Prentiss Sanger. Henry Gannett. Walter Francis Willcox. Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office. 1900. Imprenta del gobierno. 160. es.
  7. Web site: US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition . factfinder.com . US Census . 5 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170513190743/https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm . 13 May 2017 . dead .
  8. Web site: P.L. 94-171 VTD/SLD Reference Map (2010 Census): Lares Municipio, PR . www2.census.gov . U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau . 22 August 2020 . 22 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200822180807/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/vtd_sld/st72_spanish/c72081_lares/PL10VTDSP_C72081_001.pdf . live .
  9. Web site: Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget) . Puerto Rico Budgets. es. 28 June 2019.
  10. Web site: Leyes del 2001. Lex Juris Puerto Rico. es. 24 June 2020.
  11. Web site: PRECINTO ELECTORAL LARES 053 . Comisión Estatal de Elecciones . PR Government . 14 June 2019 . 19 June 2019. es.
  12. Web site: Planificación y Fomento Público :: Parte I - Planificacion Publica :: Capítulo 7 - Zonas, Edificios y Monumentos Históricos :: § 190n. Facilidades Recreativas Edelmiro "Mirito" Jiménez . Justia Law . 2021-08-09 . 2021-09-04.
  13. Web site: Ley Núm. 240 de 2010 -Para designar el Parque de Pelota del Bo. Lares de Lares, con el nombre de Edelmiro “Mirito” Jiménez. . LexJuris de Puerto Rico . es . 2021-09-01.

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