Dorado barrio-pueblo

Dorado barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center of , a municipality in Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 780. It is one of the six barrios in the municipality of , along with Espinosa, Higuillar, Maguayo, Mameyal and Río Lajas.
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  • Type: barrio-pueblo of Puerto Rico
  • Description: historical center and municipality seat of Dorado, Puerto Rico
  • Also known as: Dorado Pueblo”, “Dorado, Dorado”, “Dorado, Puerto Rico”, and “Downtown Dorado

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jacinto Lopez Martinez Grammar School and Antonio López.

School
, also known as Escuela Jacinto Lopez Martinez, in , is a school built in 1923-25 which was designed by architect Pedro Adolfo de Castro.

Disaster remains
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Antonio L. López was a merchant steamship that was built in Scotland in 1882 for the Spanish Compañía Transatlántica Española. A United States Navy auxiliary cruiser sank her in the Spanish–American War when she was trying to run the US blockade to supply materiél to the Spanish garrison on . is situated 4 km northeast of Dorado barrio-pueblo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Toa Baja.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a municipality and town of 75,000 residents in the Toa Valley region of 's metropolitan area in along the island's .

Dorado barrio-pueblo

Latitude
18.4592° or 18° 27′ 33″ north
Longitude
-66.2616° or 66° 15′ 42″ west
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
Open location code
77CMFP5Q+M8
Geo­Names ID
7268154
Wiki­data ID
Q5813502
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Spanish—“Dorado barrio-pueblo” goes by many names.

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dorado Shopping Center and Playa del Dorado.

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