Dorado barrio-pueblo
Dorado barrio-pueblo
Pueblo de Dorado | |
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Municipality seat | |
Town Hall in Dorado barrio-pueblo | |
Location of Dorado barrio-pueblo within the municipality of Dorado shown in red | |
| Coordinates: 18°27′34″N 66°15′41″W / 18.459338°N 66.261445°W | |
| Commonwealth | Puerto Rico |
| Municipality | Dorado |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.07 sq mi (0.2 km2) |
| • Land | 0.07 sq mi (0.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 52 ft (16 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 780 |
| • Density | 11,142.9/sq mi (4,302.3/km2) |
| Source: 2000 Census | |
| ZIP Code | 00646 |
Dorado barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center (seat) of Dorado, a municipality in Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 780. It is one of the six barrios in the municipality of Dorado, Puerto Rico, along with Espinosa, Higuillar, Maguayo, Mameyal and Río Lajas.
As was customary in Spain, the municipality in Puerto Rico 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.