Ciales barrio-pueblo

Ciales barrio-pueblo
Pueblo de Ciales
Municipality Seat[1]
Ciales Police Car
Ciales Police Car
Location of Ciales barrio-pueblo within the municipality of Ciales shown in red
Location of Ciales barrio-pueblo within the municipality of Ciales shown in red
Ciales barrio-pueblo is located in Caribbean
Ciales barrio-pueblo
Ciales barrio-pueblo
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°20′10″N 66°28′08″W / 18.336173°N 66.468875°W / 18.336173; -66.468875[2]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Ciales
Area
 • Total0.11 sq mi (0.3 km2)
 • Land0.11 sq mi (0.3 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation302 ft (92 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total1,009
 • Density9,172.7/sq mi (3,541.6/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)

Ciales barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center (seat) of Ciales, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,009.[1][4][5]

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.[6][7]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ciales barrio-pueblo
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Santullano was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Pariser, Harry S. (2003). Explore Puerto Rico, Fifth Edition. San Francisco: Manatee Press. pp. 52–55. Retrieved 10 February 2019.

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