Miradero, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico

Miradero is a barrio in the municipality of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 15,521.[3][4][5]

Miradero
Barrio
Joyuda in Miradero
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Miradero
Coordinates: 18°05′19″N 67°10′38″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Cabo Rojo
Area
 • Total9.66 sq mi (25.0 km2)
 • Land7.70 sq mi (19.9 km2)
 • Water1.96 sq mi (5.1 km2)
Elevation49 ft (15 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total15,521
 • Density2,013.1/sq mi (777.3/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)
ZIP code
00623

Plaza and gastronomic route

There is a square called Plaza del Pescador in Miradero which happens to be the venue for the annual Festival del pescao (the festival of the fish).[6]

Joyuda, a fishing village in Miradero is known for its many seafood restaurants along Puerto Rico Highway 102, a coastal road.[7]

History

The United States acquired Puerto Rico from Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898. In 1899, the United States conducted its first census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Miradero barrio was 2,011.[8]

  • Plaza del Pescador in Miradero
  • Joyuda, Miradero
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gollark: The description - and everyone else - says them, but that doesn't make them true!
gollark: Indeed.

See also

References
  1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Miradero barrio
  3. Picó, Rafael; Buitrago de Santiago, Zayda; Berrios, Hector H. Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969.
  4. Gwillim Law (20 May 2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-4766-0447-3. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  5. Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
  6. Caban, Sara Marrero (July 9, 2019). "Cabo Rojo celebrará la edición 49 de la Fiesta del Pescao".
  7. "Joyuda Seafood Restaurants | Discovering Puerto Rico".
  8. Joseph Prentiss Sanger; Henry Gannett; Walter Francis Willcox (1900). Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office (in Spanish). Imprenta del gobierno. p. 164.


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