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] Joyuda, a small fishing village on Cabo Rojos' gastronomic route, is in Miradero.

Miradero
Barrio
Joyuda in Miradero
Seal
Location of Miradero within the municipality of Cabo Rojo shown in red
Miradero Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°05′19″N 67°10′38″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Cabo Rojo
Area [1]
• Total	9.66 sq mi (25.0 km2)
• Land	7.70 sq mi (19.9 km2)
• Water	1.96 sq mi (5.1 km2)
Elevation [2]	49 ft (15 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	15,521
• Density	2,013.1/sq mi (777.3/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
ZIP code	00623

Features

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] Joyuda was the most impacted area of Cabo Rojo, when Hurricane María hit Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017.^[8]

The Ana G. Méndez University has a campus in Miradero.

History

Miradero was in Spain's gazetteers^[9] 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 population of Miradero barrio was 2,011.^[10]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	2,011		—
1910	2,093		4.1%
1920	2,257		7.8%
1930	2,599		15.2%
1940	2,843		9.4%
1950	4,156		46.2%
1960	3,766		−9.4%
1970	0		−100.0%
1980	8,799		—
1990	10,757		22.3%
2000	14,358		33.5%
2010	15,521		8.1%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[11] 1910-1930[12] 1930-1950[13] 1980-2000[14] 2010[15]

Gallery

Places in Miradero:

• 
  Puerto Real Bay in Miradero
• 
  La Playita in Puerto Real
• 
  Plaza del Pescador
• 
  Building in Joyuda
• 
  The Ana G. Méndez University, Cabo Rojo campus

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico

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. "María, un nombre que no vamos a olvidar. María golpea Joyuda, pero fue más gentil con el resto del Cabo Rojo" [Maria, a name we will never forget. María hurt Joyuda, but was more gentle with the rest of Cabo Rojo]. El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). 2019-06-13. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
9. "Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881". Biblioteca Nacional de España (in Spanish). p. 1614. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
10. 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.
11. "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
12. "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
13. "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
14. "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
15. Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.