Caguas barrio-pueblo
Caguas barrio-pueblo
Pueblo de Caguas | |
|---|---|
Municipality seat | |
The old Caguas City Hall is a museum | |
Location of Caguas barrio-pueblo within the municipality of Caguas shown in red | |
| Coordinates: 18°14′02″N 66°02′00″W / 18.23393°N 66.033207°W | |
| Commonwealth | Puerto Rico |
| Municipality | Caguas |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.67 sq mi (6.9 km2) |
| • Land | 2.67 sq mi (6.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 233 ft (71 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 19,020 |
| • Density | 8,391.8/sq mi (3,240.1/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| ZIP Code | 00725, 00726, 00727 |
| Area code(s) | 787, 939 |
Caguas Pueblo is a barrio and downtown area that serves the administrative center (seat) of Caguas, a municipality of Puerto Rico. It is bordered by the Cagüitas River to the north and located two miles southwest of the Río Grande de Loíza. Its population in 2020 was 19,020.
As was customary in Spain, in Puerto Rico, the municipality has a barrio called pueblo (barrio-pueblo starting with the 1990 US Census) which contains a central plaza or main town square, the municipal buildings (such as the city hall), and a Catholic church. Fiestas patronales (patron saint festivals) are held in the main town square every year. The municipal and mayoral offices were located in the City Hall building at the western edge of the main town square until 2010 when a new City Hall building located in the northwestern side of the downtown area was inaugurated.
The historic downtown district (pueblo) of Caguas was listed on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones (Registro Nacional de Sitios y Zonas Históricas) on July 6, 1996, under the name Zona Histórica de Caguas.