Rincón barrio-pueblo
{{Short description|Historical and administrative center (seat) of Rincón, Puerto Rico}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Rincón barrio-pueblo
| native_name = Pueblo de Rincón
| native_name_lang = es
| settlement_type = Municipality Seat
| image_skyline = Casa Alcaldía de Rincón, P.R.jpg
| image_caption = Rincón Town Hall
| image_map = Rincón barrio-pueblo, Rincón, Puerto Rico locator map.png
| map_caption = Location of Rincón barrio-pueblo within the municipality of Rincón shown in red
| pushpin_map = Caribbean
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Puerto Rico
| coordinates = {{coord|18.33898|-67.250771|region:US-PR|format=dms|display=inline, title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = {{cite web |title=US Gazetteer 2019|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_72.txt |website=US Census |publisher=US Government}}
| subdivision_type = Commonwealth
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Puerto Rico}}
| subdivision_type1 = Municipality
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Rincon Flag.svg}} Rincón
| unit_pref = Imperial
| area_total_sq_mi = 0.12
| area_land_sq_mi = 0.12
| area_water_sq_mi = 0
| population_as_of = 2010
| population_footnotes =
| population_note = Source: 2010 Census
| population_total = 933
| population_density_sq_mi = 7775
| timezone = AST
| utc_offset = −4
| elevation_footnotes = {{GNIS|2415907|Rincón barrio-pueblo}}
| elevation_ft = 26
| postal_code_type = ZIP Code
| postal_code =
| area_code =
}}
Rincón barrio-pueblo is a barrio-pueblo, the administrative center (seat) of Rincón, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 933.{{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}}{{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. |url=https://archive.org/details/nuevageografad00pic/page/247|publisher=San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969}}{{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|accessdate=25 December 2018|date=20 May 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-0447-3|page=300}}{{cite web |title=US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/barrio.htm |website=factfinder.com |publisher=US Census |accessdate=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 }}
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.{{cite book |last1=Pariser |first1=Harry S. |title=Explore Puerto Rico, Fifth Edition |date=2003 |publisher=San Francisco: Manatee Press |pages=[https://archive.org/details/explorepuertoric0000pari/page/52 52]–55 |url=https://archive.org/details/explorepuertoric0000pari |url-access=registration |accessdate=10 February 2019}}
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) ({{langx|es|a propósito para las fiestas}}), and that the square should be proportionally large enough for the number of neighbors ({{langx|es|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.{{cite book|jstor=j.ctvbcd2vs.12|title=Mirada al Caribe|first=Luis A.|last=Santullano|chapter=La Plaza y la Calle |date=10 March 2019|publisher=Colegio de Mexico|volume=54|pages=75–78|doi=10.2307/j.ctvbcd2vs.12}}
Located across the central plaza in Rincón barrio-pueblo is the {{lang|es|Parroquia Santa Rosa de Lima}}, a Roman Catholic church.{{cite book | first=José A. | last=Mari Mut | title=Los Pueblos de Puerto Rico y Las Iglesias de Sus Plazas [The Pueblos of Puerto Rico, and the Churches of its Plazas] | date=2013-08-28 | url=http://edicionesdigitales.info/PueblosPR/pueblospr.pdf | language=es | access-date=2021-09-16 | archive-date=2020-12-14 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214203116/http://edicionesdigitales.info/PueblosPR/pueblospr.pdf | url-status=live}}
{{US Census population| align= center
| 1900= 1074
| 1910= 1224
| 1920= 1679
| 1930= 1338
| 1940= 1678
| 1950= 1065
| 1960= 1094
| 1970= 0
| 1980= 1046
| 1990= 1044
| 2000= 1030
| 2010= 933
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census
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}} 1980-2000{{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=2019-08-02|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}}}}
History
In July 2020, Federal Emergency Management Agency appropriated funds for repairs to Rincón's plaza.{{cite web | title=FEMA Approves Funds to Repair PR Town Squares | website=Hudson Valley Press | date=2020-07-08 | url=https://hudsonvalleypress.com/2020/07/08/fema-approves-funds-to-repair-pr-town-squares/ | access-date=2021-09-23}}
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.{{cite web | title=Los pueblos de Puerto Rico y las iglesias de sus plazas |first= José A. |last= Mari Mut | via=archive.org| date=28 August 2013 | url=https://archive.org/details/pueblospr | access-date=19 June 2020|language=es}}{{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|accessdate=28 June 2019}}{{Citation | author1=Rivera Quintero, Marcia | title=El vuelo de la esperanza : Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 | publication-date=2014 | publisher=San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón | edition=Primera edición | 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|accessdate=24 June 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://cpprbib.wordpress.com/biblioteca-virtual/guias-tematicas/comunidades-especiales/comunidades-especiales-de-puerto-rico/|title=Comunidades Especiales de Puerto Rico|date=8 August 2011|language=es|accessdate=24 June 2019}}
The following sectors are in Rincón barrio-pueblo:{{cite web |title=PRECINTO ELECTORAL RINCÓN 039 |url=http://ww2.ceepur.org/es-pr/Desglose%20de%20Sectores/039%20RINCON.pdf |website=Comisión Estatal de Elecciones |publisher=PR Government |date=21 September 2019|access-date=22 June 2020|language=es}}
{{lang|es|Calle Benjamín Gómez,
Calle Comercio,
Calle del Parque,
Calle Muñoz Rivera,
Calle Nueva,
Calle Progreso,
Calle Unión,
Cerro Los Pobres,
Cerro Miramar,
Condominio Santa Rosa Elderly,
Residencial Santa Rosa}}, and {{lang|es|Sector Sol}}.
Gallery
Places in Rincón barrio-pueblo:
Plaza de Recreo de Rincón, Puerto Rico.jpg|{{lang|es|Plaza de Recreo}} in Rincón
Parroquia Santa Rosa de Lima, Rincón, Puerto Rico.jpg|{{lang|es|Parroquia Santa Rosa de Lima}}
See also
{{Portal|Puerto Rico}}