Culebra barrio-pueblo
Culebra barrio-pueblo or Culebra Pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center of Culebra, an island-municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 462.
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.
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", 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.At one time, this barrio was referred to as Dewey.
Located across from the central plaza is the Parroquia Nuestra Señora del Carmen, a Roman Catholic church. The church is made of concrete and faces east.
History
Culebra 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 Culebra barrio-pueblo was 206.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 comunidad to residencial, among others.The following sectors are in Culebra barrio-pueblo:
Comunidad Clark,
Sector Fulladosa,
Sector Melones,
Sector Sardinas I, and Sector Sardinas II.