Guayama barrio-pueblo
Guayama barrio-pueblo
Pueblo de Guayama | |
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Municipality Seat | |
City Hall in Guayama | |
Location of Guayama barrio-pueblo within the municipality of Guayama shown in red | |
| Coordinates: 17°58′36″N 66°06′51″W / 17.976702°N 66.114206°W | |
| Commonwealth | Puerto Rico |
| Municipality | Guayama |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.47 sq mi (6.4 km2) |
| • Land | 2.46 sq mi (6.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
| Elevation | 128 ft (39 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 16,891 |
| • Density | 6,866.3/sq mi (2,651.1/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| ZIP Code | 00784 |
Guayama barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center (seat) of Guayama, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 16,891.
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. The historic downtown area (pueblo) of Guayama was added to the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones (Spanish: Registro Nacional de Sitios y Zonas Históricas) in 1992.