Toa Alta barrio-pueblo

{{Short description|Historical and administrative center (seat) of Toa Alta, Puerto Rico}}

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Toa Alta barrio-pueblo

| native_name = Pueblo de Toa Alta

| native_name_lang = es

| settlement_type = Municipality Seat

| image_skyline = Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion y San Fernando 1 - Toa Alta Puerto Rico.jpg

| image_caption = {{lang|es|Parroquia San Fernando Rey}} in Toa Alta barrio-pueblo

| image_map = Toa Alta barrio-pueblo, Toa Alta, Puerto Rico locator map.png

| map_caption = Location of Toa Alta barrio-pueblo within the municipality of Toa Alta shown in red

| pushpin_map = Caribbean

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Puerto Rico

| coordinates = {{coord|18.387881|-66.247655|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|Flag of Toa Alta.svg}} Toa Alta

| unit_pref = Imperial

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_sq_mi = 0.03

| area_land_sq_mi = 0.03

| area_water_sq_mi = 0

| population_as_of = 2010

| population_footnotes =

| population_note = Source: 2010 Census

| population_total = 397

| population_density_sq_mi = 13233.3

| timezone = AST

| utc_offset = −4

| elevation_footnotes = {{GNIS|2416063|Toa Alta barrio-pueblo}}

| elevation_ft = 69

| postal_code_type = ZIP Code

| postal_code =

| area_code =

}}

Toa Alta barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center (seat) of Toa Alta, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 397.{{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}}

{{US Census population| align= center

| 1900= 991

| 1910= 905

| 1920= 1172

| 1930= 1203

| 1940= 1091

| 1950= 1392

| 1960= 1284

| 1970= 0

| 1980= 841

| 1990= 776

| 2000= 715

| 2010= 397

|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}}}}