Isabel II barrio-pueblo

Isabel II barrio-pueblo (referred to as Isabel Segunda in Spanish) is a barrio and the administrative center (seat) in the downtown area in the island-municipality of Vieques, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,354.^[3][4][5]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1910	3,158		—
1920	3,424		8.4%
1930	3,101		−9.4%
1940	2,678		−13.6%
1950	3,085		15.2%
1960	2,487		−19.4%
1970	2,378		−4.4%
1980	1,807		−24.0%
1990	1,702		−5.8%
2000	1,459		−14.3%
2010	1,207		−17.3%
U.S. Decennial Census 1900 (N/A)[6] 1910-1930[7] 1930-1950[8] 1980-2000[9] 2010[10]

Isabel II barrio-pueblo Isabel II Isabel Segunda
Municipality Seat
Town Hall in Isabel II
Isabel II barrio-pueblo
Coordinates: 18°08′51″N 65°26′33″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Vieques
Area [1]
• Total	0.50 sq mi (1.3 km2)
• Land	0.36 sq mi (0.9 km2)
• Water	0.14 sq mi (0.4 km2)
Elevation [2]	66 ft (20 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	1,207
• Density	3,352.8/sq mi (1,294.5/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

The central plaza and its church

As was customary in Spain, in Puerto Rico, the municipality has a barrio 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.^[11][12]

The central plaza, or square, is a place for official and unofficial recreational events and a place where people can gather and socialize from dusk to dawn. The Laws of the Indies, Spanish law, which regulated life in Puerto Rico in the early 19th century, stated the plaza's purpose was for "the parties" (celebrations, festivities) (Spanish: a propósito para las fiestas), and that the square should be proportionally large enough for the number of neighbors (Spanish: grandeza proporcionada al número de vecinos). These Spanish regulations also stated that the streets nearby should be comfortable portals for passersby, protecting them from the elements: sun and rain.^[11]

Located across the central plaza in Isabel II barrio-pueblo is the Parroquia Inmaculada Concepción, a Roman Catholic church, which was first built in 1844.^[13]

History

Isabel II was in Spain's gazetteers^[14] until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the combined population of Pueblo and Florida barrios was 2,646.^[15]

In July 2020, Federal Emergency Management Agency appropriated funds for repairs to Vieques' plaza.^[16]

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)^[17] in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (sectors in English). The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.^[18][19][20]

The following sectors are in Isabel II barrio-pueblo:^[21]

Barriada Fuerte, Calle Antonio G. Mellado, Calle Baldorioty de Castro, Calle Benítez Castaño, Calle Carlos Lebrum, Calle Muñoz Rivera, Calle Plinio Peterson, Calle Prudencio Quiñones, Calle Tomás Pérez Brignoni, Calle Víctor Duteill, Calle 65 de Infantería, Condominio Terra San Francisco, Sector Buena Vista, Sector Cañón, Sector Leguillow, and Sector Pueblo Nuevo.

Historic sites and features

Isabel II barrio-pueblo is the location of several historic sites listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, including:

• Fuerte de Vieques (El Fortín Conde de Mirasol)
• Casa Alcaldia de Vieques
• Casa Augusto Delerme
• Casa Delerme-Anduze No. 2
• Casa de Jaime Puig Lemoine
• Delerme-Anduze House
• Las Tumbas de J. J. Maria le Guillou
• Rafael Acevedo House
• Smaine-Ortiz House

Gallery

Places in Isabel II barrio-pueblo:

• 
  Scenic panorama of Isabel Segunda
• 
  El Fortín Conde de Mirasol
• 
  300-year-old Ceiba Tree
• 
  Street in Isabel II barrio-pueblo
• 
  Statue of Simon Bolivar
• 
  The City Hall
• 
  Patron saint festival celebration in 2008

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico
• List of barrios and sectors of Vieques, Puerto Rico

References

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2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Isabel II barrio-pueblo
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