Lares barrio-pueblo
Lares barrio-pueblo
Pueblo de Lares | |
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Municipality Seat | |
Plaza de la Revolución | |
Location of Lares barrio-pueblo within the municipality of Lares shown in red | |
| Coordinates: 18°17′46″N 66°52′53″W / 18.296008°N 66.881407°W | |
| Commonwealth | Puerto Rico |
| Municipality | Lares |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.58 sq mi (1.5 km2) |
| • Land | 0.58 sq mi (1.5 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,109 ft (338 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 2,690 |
| • Density | 4,637.9/sq mi (1,790.7/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
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Lares barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center (seat) of Lares, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,690.
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.