Historical and administrative center (seat) of Cidra, Puerto Rico
Cidra barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center (seat) of Cidra, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,064.
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.
History.
Cidra barrio-pueblo was in Spain's gazetteers 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 Cidra Pueblo was 1,034.
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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) (), 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.
Located across from the central plaza is the (English: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish), a Roman Catholic church. The first church made of wood was built in 1815. In 1867, a second church was built but was destroyed by an earthquake soon after. Pedro Cobreros designed the next church which was built in 1895. The current structure with a new facade was completed in 1952 and the lateral naves were added at that time.
Sectors.
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) 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.
The following sectors are in Cidra barrio-pueblo:
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