Guaynabo barrio-pueblo


Guaynabo barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center of Guaynabo, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,008.
As was customary in Spain, in Puerto Rico, the municipality has a barrio called pueblo which contains a central plaza, the municipal buildings, and a Catholic church. Fiestas patronales are held in the central plaza every year.

History

The United States took control of Puerto Rico from Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898. In 1899, the United States conducted its first census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Guaynabo Pueblo was 465.

The central plaza history

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" , and that the square should be proportionally large enough for the number of neighbors. These Spanish regulations also stated that the streets nearby should be comfortable portals for passersby, protecting them from the elements: sun and rain.

Sectors

Barrios in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores. The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.
The following sectors are in Guaynabo barrio-pueblo:
Barriada Fuentes,
Barrio Frailes Llano,
Condominios Altos Reales,
Condominios Balcones de Guaynabo,
Condominios Balcones de San Pedro,
Condominios Chalets del Parque,
Condominios Monte Mayor,
Condominios Murano Luxury Apartments,
Condominios Palmar del Río,
Condominios Parque Real,
Condominios Plaza del Palmar,
Condominios Portal de Sofía,
Condominios Villas de Guaynabo,
Hogar Golden Retirement,
Reparto Piñeiro,
Residencial Jardines de Guaynabo,
Residencial Villas de Mabó,
Sector Cubita,
Sector Guzmán,
Sector Honduras,
Sector Marrero,
Urbanización Colimar,
Urbanización Colinas Metropolitanas,
Urbanización Estancias Reales,
Urbanización Mansiones de Guaynabo,
Urbanización Mansiones Reales,
Urbanización Palma Real,
Urbanización Quintas Reales,
Urbanización Reparto Esperanza, and Urbanización Villas Reales.