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San Cristóbal, Old San Juan
San Cristóbal, within Old San Juan, is one of the seven subbarrios of San Juan Antiguo barrio in the municipality of San Juan in Puerto Rico.[1]
San Cristóbal | |
|---|---|
San Cristóbal in Old San Juan | |
San Cristóbal is in San Juan Antiguo | |
San Juan Antiguo is in San Juan | |
San Cristóbal San Juan is in Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°28′09″N 66°06′43″W / 18.4692798°N 66.1118660°W | |
| Commonwealth | Puerto Rico |
| Municipality | San Juan |
| Barrio | San Juan Antiguo |
| Population (1990) | |
| • Total | 1,358 |
| Source: Census 1990 | |
History edit
This subdistrict is named after Castillo San Cristóbal, one of the largest European fortifications in the Americas, which is located here.
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 San Cristóbal was 3,131.[2] In 2010, the population of San Cristóbal was 1,230.[3]
References edit
- ^ 1990 Census of Housing. Detailed Housing Characteristics: Puerto Rico. U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, Bureau of the Census. 2010-07-17 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved February 14, 2011.
- ^ 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. 162.
- ^ Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and housing unit counts (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. p. 76.
External links edit
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: San Cristóbal Subbarrio