:Naguabo, Puerto Rico
{{short description|Town and municipality in Puerto Rico}}
{{use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Naguabo
| native_name = {{lang|es|Municipio Autónomo de Naguabo}}
| native_name_lang = es
| settlement_type = Town and Municipality
| image_skyline = Naguabo PR IMG 2157.jpg
| image_alt = View of Naguabo from El Yunque
| image_caption = View of Naguabo from El Yunque
| image_flag = Bandera de Naguabo, Puerto Rico.svg
| flag_alt =
| image_shield = Escudo de Naguabo, Puerto Rico.svg
| shield_alt =
| nicknames = "Cuna de Grandes Artistas", "Los Enchumbaos"
| anthem = "Mi Naguabo del querer, Mi Naguabo del soñar"
| image_map = Locator-map-Puerto-Rico-Naguabo.svg
| mapsize = 300px
| map_alt =
| map_caption = Map of Puerto Rico highlighting Naguabo Municipality
| coordinates = {{coord|18|13|10|N|65|44|12|W|region:US-PR_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint =
| coordinates_footnotes =
| subdivision_type = Sovereign state
| subdivision_name = {{flag|United States}}
| subdivision_type1 = Commonwealth
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Puerto Rico}}
| established_title = Settled
| established_date = 1794
| established_title1 = Founded
| established_date1 = July 15, 1821
| founder = Luis de Gaztambide, Juan Viera, Antonio Viera, and Juan Méndez
| parts_type = Barrios
| parts = 10 barrios
| p1 = Daguao
| p2 = Duque
| p3 = Húcares
| p4 = Maizales
| p5 = Mariana
| p6 = Naguabo barrio-pueblo
| p7 = Peña Pobre
| p8 = Río
| p9 = Río Blanco
| p10 = Santiago y Lima
| seat_type =
| seat =
| government_footnotes =
| leader_party = PPD
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Miraidaliz Rosario Pagán
| leader_title1 = Senatorial dist.
| leader_name1 = 7 - Humacao
| leader_title2 = Representative dist.
| leader_name2 = 35
| unit_pref = Imperial
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_sq_mi = 60.1
| area_land_sq_mi = 52.1
| area_water_sq_mi = 7.9
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_ft =
| area_total_km2 = 155.57
| area_land_km2 = 135
| area_water_km2 = 20.57
| area_water_percent =
| area_note =
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 23386
| population_as_of = 2020
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym = Naguabeños
| population_note =
| timezone1 = AST
| utc_offset1 = −4
| postal_code_type = ZIP Codes
| postal_code = 00718, 00744
| area_code = 787/939
| blank_name_sec1 = Major routes
| blank_info_sec1 = File:PR secondary 31.svg File:PR secondary 205.svg File:Ellipse sign 3.svg File:Ellipse sign 191.svg File:Ellipse sign 192.svg
File:Toll plate yellow.svg
File:PR primary 53.svg
| website =
| footnotes =
| population_rank = 52nd in Puerto Rico
}}
Naguabo ({{IPA|es|naˈɣwaβo}}, {{IPA|es|naˈwaβo|local}}) is a town and municipality in Puerto Rico located in the east coast of the island bordered by the Vieques Passage, north of Humacao; south of Río Grande and Ceiba; and east of Las Piedras. Naguabo is spread over 8 barrios and Naguabo Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). It is part of the San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Naguabo is renowned for and is said to be the birthplace of the pastelillo de chapín, which is a popular food in Puerto Rico. It is trunkfish wrapped inside deep-fried flour dough. Pastelillos de chapín can be found in almost any seaside establishment on the island.
History
The town of Naguabo was founded near a ravine on the east coast and relocated in 1821 to its current location. In 1878, Naguabo had the following barrios: Pueblo, Maizales, Duque, Mariana, Quebrada Palma, Daguao, Santiago y Lima, Húcares, Río, Peña Pobre and Río Blanco. In 1521, Daguao was burned down by Caribs.De Córdova, Pedro Tomás, Memorias geográficas, históricas, económicas y estadisticas de la Isa de Puerto Rico, 1831, tomo 2, pág. 299{{cite book |last1=de Ubeda y Delgado |first1=Manuel |title=Puerto Rico: Estudio Histórico, Geográfico y Estadístico de la Misma |date=1878 |location=HathiTrust |page=277 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000067744395&view=1up&seq=305 |access-date=29 October 2020}}{{cite web |title=La Historia de Puerto Rico a través de sus Barrios: Daguao de Naguabo [The History of Puerto Rico through its Barrios: Daguao in Naguabo]|url=https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/fdb5cb48-75f8-4ccf-9477-4b1553ed3bd6/barrios-de-puerto-rico-barrio-daguao-de-naguabo/ |website=www.pbslearningmedia.org |publisher=Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades |access-date=29 August 2020 |language=es |format=video}}
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 a territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Naguabo was 10,873.
On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico. In Naguabo, sector Playa Húcares on the coast was the most affected with most homes destroyed or losing the roof. The boardwalk was destroyed and over 6,000 people reported losses.{{cite news | title=María, un nombre que no vamos a olvidar. María empujó la costa y borró el malecón de Naguabo| trans-title=Maria, a name we won't forget. María pushed the coast and erased the boardwalk of Naguabo|newspaper=El Nuevo Día| date=2019-06-13 | url=https://huracanmaria.elnuevodia.com/2017/municipio/naguabo/| language=es | access-date=2022-09-12}}
Geography
Naguabo is located in the southeast region of Puerto Rico. The highest point in the municipality is Pico del Este in the Sierra de Luquillo at 3,419 feet (1,042 m) of elevation.{{Cite web|title=Pico del Este (1611654)|url=https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/ngp/board-on-geographic-names/download-gnis-data|access-date=2021-09-11|website=www.usgs.gov/}}{{cite web|title=Barrios de Puerto Rico: Barrio Daguao de Naguabo|url=https://florida.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/fdb5cb48-75f8-4ccf-9477-4b1553ed3bd6/barrios-de-puerto-rico-barrio-daguao-de-naguabo/#.WhxLu1WnFxA|website=PBS Learning Media|publisher=Florida PBS|access-date=27 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201044649/https://florida.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/fdb5cb48-75f8-4ccf-9477-4b1553ed3bd6/barrios-de-puerto-rico-barrio-daguao-de-naguabo/#.WhxLu1WnFxA|archive-date=1 December 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://enciclopediapr.org/en/encyclopedia/naguabo-municipality/|title=Naguabo Municipality|publisher=Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades (FPH)|website=enciclopediapr.org|access-date=2019-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121100749/https://enciclopediapr.org/en/encyclopedia/naguabo-municipality/|archive-date=2017-11-21|url-status=live}}
Río Blanco and Río Espiritu Santo are located in Naguabo.{{cite web | title=Rescatan a seis personas por inundaciones en Naguabo [Six people rescued after flooding in Naguabo]| website=El Nuevo Día | date=30 July 2019 | url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/locales/notas/rescatan-a-seis-personas-por-inundaciones-en-naguabo/ | language=es | access-date=29 August 2020}}
=Barrios=
File:Naguabo, Puerto Rico locator map.png
Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Naguabo is subdivided into barrios. The municipal buildings, central square and large Catholic church are located in a barrio referred to as {{lang|es|"el pueblo"}}.{{cite book |last1=Picó |first1=Rafael |last2=Buitrago de Santiago |first2=Zayda |last3=Berrios |first3=Hector H. |title=Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. |date=September 6, 1969 |url=https://archive.org/details/nuevageografad00pic/page/247 |publisher=San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969 |access-date=2019-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226171916/https://archive.org/details/nuevageografad00pic/page/247 |archive-date=2018-12-26 |url-status=live }}{{cite book|author=Gwillim Law|title=Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nXCeCQAAQBAJ|access-date=25 December 2018|date=20 May 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-0447-3|page=300}}{{Cite web |url=http://welcome.topuertorico.org/maps/naguabo.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324204920/http://welcome.topuertorico.org/maps/naguabo.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2018-03-24 |title=Map of Naguabo at the Wayback Machine|access-date=2018-12-29 }}
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- Daguao
- Duque
- Húcares
- Maizales
- Mariana
- Naguabo barrio-pueblo{{cite web |title=US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm |website=factfinder.com |publisher=US Census |access-date=5 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513190743/https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm |archive-date=13 May 2017 |url-status=dead }}
- Peña Pobre
- Río
- Río Blanco
- Santiago y Lima
{{div col end}}
=Sectors=
{{Further|List of barrios and sectors of Naguabo, Puerto Rico}}
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) and subbarrios,{{cite web |title=P.L. 94-171 VTD/SLD Reference Map (2010 Census): Naguabo Municipio, PR |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/vtd_sld/st72_spanish/c72103_naguabo/PL10VTDSP_C72103_001.pdf |website=www2.census.gov |publisher=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=22 August 2020 |archive-date=22 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822192802/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/pl10map/vtd_sld/st72_spanish/c72103_naguabo/PL10VTDSP_C72103_001.pdf |url-status=live }} are further subdivided into smaller areas called {{lang|es|sectores}} (sectors in English). The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.{{cite web|url=http://www.presupuesto.pr.gov/Presupuesto2015-2016/PresupuestosAgencias/229.htm|title=Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)|website=Puerto Rico Budgets|language=es|access-date=28 June 2019|archive-date=28 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628234856/http://www.presupuesto.pr.gov/Presupuesto2015-2016/PresupuestosAgencias/229.htm|url-status=live}}{{Citation | author1=Rivera Quintero, Marcia | title=El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 | date=September 6, 2023 | publication-date=2014 | publisher=San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón | edition=first | isbn=978-0-9820806-1-0 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.lexjuris.com/lexlex/Leyes2001/lex2001001.htm|title=Leyes del 2001|website=Lex Juris Puerto Rico|language=es|access-date=24 June 2020|archive-date=14 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914224408/http://www.lexjuris.com/lexlex/Leyes2001/lex2001001.htm|url-status=live}}
=Special Communities=
{{main|Puerto Rico Office for Socioeconomic and Community Development}}
{{lang|es|Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico}} (Special Communities of Puerto Rico) are marginalized communities whose citizens are experiencing a certain amount of social exclusion. A map shows these communities occur in nearly every municipality of the commonwealth. Of the 742 places that were on the list in 2014, the following barrios, communities, sectors, or neighborhoods were in Naguabo: Relámpago neighborhood, Río, Santiago y Lima, Daguao, La Florida, Casco Urbano in barrio-pueblo, Húcares, Maizales, Parcelas La Fe, and Río Blanco.{{Citation|author1=Rivera Quintero, Marcia|title=El vuelo de la esperanza:Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004|date=September 6, 2023 |publication-date=2014| publisher=San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón| edition=Primera edición|page=273|isbn=978-0-9820806-1-0}}
Demographics
{{US Census population
| 1900= 10873
| 1910= 14365
| 1920= 15788
| 1930= 18212
| 1940= 19180
| 1950= 21019
| 1960= 17195
| 1970= 17996
| 1980= 20617
| 1990= 22620
| 2000= 23753
| 2010= 26720
|estyear=
|estimate=
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2016/PEPANNRES/0500000US72005|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213114938/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2016/PEPANNRES/0500000US72005|archive-date=February 13, 2020}}
1899 (shown as 1900){{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|title=Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899|publisher=War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716033905/https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|archive-date=July 16, 2017|url-status=live}} 1910-1930{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|title=Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817181600/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|archive-date=August 17, 2017|url-status=live}}
1930-1950{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|title=Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150830033735/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|archive-date=August 30, 2015|url-status=live}} 1960-2000{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|title=Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724061852/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|archive-date=July 24, 2017|url-status=live}} 2010{{cite book|title=Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf|url=https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|year=2010|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2018-12-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220183043/https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|archive-date=2017-02-20|url-status=live}}
Tourism
=Landmarks and places of interest=
File:Beach, boardwalk, street lamps in Naguabo, Puerto Rico.jpg
The main attractions in Naguabo are:
- Algodones Key
- El Yunque National Forest (South Side via PR State Road 191 - Closed at KM 13 (mile marker 8.1) (approx.) due to Road Closure)
- Naguabo Beach
- Punta Lima Beach
- Ramón Rivero "Diplo" Monument
- Tropical Beach
- Yudelmi Center
- Pedro Flores Monument
- Hucares Waterfront (El Malecón - the boardwalk)
- the main town square (Plaza De Recreo)
- Charco El Hippie{{Cite web|date=2021-09-05|title=Naguabo está lindo para la foto|trans-title=Naguabo is pretty for photos|url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/de-viaje/por-la-isla/notas/naguabo-esta-lindo-para-la-foto/|access-date=2021-09-05|website=El Nuevo Día|language=es}}
Culture
=Festivals and events=
Naguabo celebrates its patron saint festival in October. The {{lang|es|Fiestas Patronales de Nuestra Virgen del Rosario}} is a religious and cultural celebration that generally features parades, games, artisans, amusement rides, regional food, and live entertainment.
Other festivals and events celebrated in Naguabo include:
- Maratón Cervecero en Naguabo - January
- Chapín Festival - February
- Pedro Flores Week - March
- Diplo Festival - June
- Virgen del Carmen Fiesta - July 16
Economy
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Symbols
The {{lang|es|municipio}} has an official flag and coat of arms.{{cite web | title=Ley Núm. 70 de 2006 -Ley para disponer la oficialidad de la bandera y el escudo de los setenta y ocho (78) municipios. | website=LexJuris de Puerto Rico | url=https://www.lexjuris.com/LEXLEX/Leyes2006/lexl2006070.htm | language=es | access-date=2021-06-15}}
=Flag=
=Coat of arms=
Transportation
There is public transportation in Naguabo. It operates from 6:00 a.m. using the "Pisicorre" bus.{{cite book|author=María Isabel Quiñones Arocho|title=El fin del reino de lo propio ensayos de antropologia cultural|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y3z3Y-1Db9gC&pg=PA104|year=2004|publisher=Siglo XXI|isbn=968-23-2494-7|pages=104–|access-date=2019-02-21|archive-date=2020-08-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822192803/https://books.google.com/books?id=Y3z3Y-1Db9gC&pg=PA104|url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Garcia |first1=Themis |title=Understanding Collective Transportation |url=https://medium.com/pisicorre/understanding-collective-transportation-in-puerto-rico-my-research-journey-d073a2c015f6 |website=Medium |access-date=21 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222042105/https://medium.com/pisicorre/understanding-collective-transportation-in-puerto-rico-my-research-journey-d073a2c015f6 |archive-date=22 February 2019 |url-status=live }}
Government
All municipalities in Puerto Rico are administered by a mayor, elected every four years. The current mayor of Naguabo is Miraidaliz Rosario Pagán, of the Popular Democratic Party (PPD). She was first elected at the 2020 general elections.
The city belongs to the Puerto Rico Senatorial district VII, which is represented by two Senators. In 2024, Wanda Soto Tolentino and Luis Daniel Colón La Santa were elected as District Senators.[https://elecciones2024.ceepur.org/Escrutinio_General_121/index.html#es/default/SENADORES_POR_DISTRITO_Humacao_VII.xmll Elecciones Generales 2024: Escrutinio General] {{webarchive|url=https://elecciones2024.ceepur.org/Escrutinio_General_121/index.html#es/default/SENADORES_POR_DISTRITO_Humacao_VII.xml |date=2024-12-30 }} on CEEPUR
Books about Naguabo
Historia de Naguabo by Carmelo Rosario Natal
Gallery
Naguabo - Rio Blanco offstream reservoir IMG 1682.jpg|Río Blanco reservoir in Naguabo
Naguabo IMG 1698.jpg|Street in Naguabo
Naguabo IMG 1693.jpg|Residential street in Naguabo
Highway from Naguabo to Ceiba, Puerto Rico.jpg|Highway from Naguabo to Ceiba
Northeast Puerto Rico from atop El Yunque - panoramio.jpg|Northeast Puerto Rico from atop El Yunque
Radar towers - panoramio (1).jpg|Radar towers in Naguabo
See also
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References
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External links
- [http://pr.gov/Directorios//Pages/InfoMunicipio.aspx?PRIFA=M103 Puerto Rico Government Directory - Naguabo]
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