Orocovis barrio-pueblo

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Orocovis barrio-pueblo
Pueblo de Orocovis
Municipality Seat[1]
Street in Orocovis Pueblo in 1941
Street in Orocovis Pueblo in 1941
Location of Orocovis barrio-pueblo within the municipality of Orocovis shown in red
Location of Orocovis barrio-pueblo within the municipality of Orocovis shown in red
Orocovis barrio-pueblo is located in Caribbean
Orocovis barrio-pueblo
Orocovis barrio-pueblo
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°13′31″N 66°23′30″W / 18.22515°N 66.391756°W / 18.22515; -66.391756Coordinates: 18°13′31″N 66°23′30″W / 18.22515°N 66.391756°W / 18.22515; -66.391756[2]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Orocovis
Area
[2]
 • Total0.11 sq mi (0.3 km2)
 • Land0.11 sq mi (0.3 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
[3]
1,657 ft (505 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total682
 • Density6,200/sq mi (2,400/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)

Orocovis barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center (seat) of Orocovis, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 682.[1][4][5][6]

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]

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
1900962—
19801,256—
1990959−23.6%
2000851−11.3%
2010682−19.9%
U.S. Decennial Census[9]
1899 (shown as 1900)[10] 1910-1930[11]
1930-1950[12] 1980-2000[13] 2010[14]

The central plaza and its church[]

The central plaza was built on land donated by Juan de Rivera y Santiago, the founder of Orocovis.[15] 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 Orocovis barrio-pueblo is the Parroquia San Juan Bautista, a Roman Catholic church, which was inaugurated on October 29, 1838.[16]

Orocovis celebrates its patron saint festival in the central plaza each June. The Fiestas Patronales de San Juan Bautista is a religious and cultural celebration that generally features parades, games, artisans, amusement rides, regional food, and live entertainment.[17]

History[]

By 1838, the town's Catholic church had been inaugurated after being built on land donated by Juan de Rivera y Santiago, the town's founder.[15]

Then in 1898, 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 Orocovis Pueblo (a barrio named Pueblo in Barros, as the municipality of Orocovis was called at the time) was 962.[18]

In July 2020, Federal Emergency Management Agency appropriated funds for repairs to Orocovis' plaza.[19]

Gallery[]

  • San Juan Bautista Parish in Orocovis

See also[]

References[]

  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: Orocovis 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. ^ "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  7. ^ a b Santullano, Luis A. (10 March 2019). Mirada al Caribe. Vol. 54. Colegio de Mexico. pp. 75–78. doi:10.2307/j.ctvbcd2vs.12. JSTOR j.ctvbcd2vs.12.
  8. ^ Pariser, Harry S. (2003). Explore Puerto Rico, Fifth Edition. San Francisco: Manatee Press. pp. 52–55. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  9. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  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.
  15. ^ a b "Plaza Pública de Orocovis". Discover Puerto Rico. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  16. ^ Mari Mut, José A. (2013-08-28). Los Pueblos de Puerto Rico y Las Iglesias de Sus Plazas [The Pueblos of Puerto Rico, and the Churches of its Plazas] (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-12-14. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
  17. ^ "Orocovis Municipality". enciclopediapr.org. Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades (FPH). Archived from the original on 2020-08-22. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
  18. ^ 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. 165.
  19. ^ "FEMA Approves Funds to Repair PR Town Squares". Hudson Valley Press. 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2021-09-23.


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