Lajas barrio-pueblo
Lajas barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center of Lajas, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 564. As was customary in Spain, in Puerto Rico, the municipality has a barrio called pueblo which contains a central plaza, the municipal buildings, and a Catholic church.- Type: barrio-pueblo of Puerto Rico
- Description: historical center and municipality seat of Lajas, Puerto Rico
- Also known as: “Downtown Lajas”, “Lajas Pueblo”, “Lajas, Lajas”, and “Lajas, Puerto Rico”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Porta Coeli and Colegio San José.
Porta Coeli
Museum
Photo: Jmoliver, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Porta Coeli, "Latin for "Heaven Gate", is the name given today to the former Church and Convent of Santo Domingo de Porta Coeli, particularly to its remaining church building, which today is the sole surviving structure of the convent and host of the Religious Art Museum of Porta Coeli. Porta Coeli is situated 4 km northeast of Lajas barrio-pueblo.
Colegio San José
School
The Colegio San José was a private, co-educational, Roman Catholic college preparatory school located in the city of San Germán, Puerto Rico. Colegio San José is situated 4 km north of Lajas barrio-pueblo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Germán and Lajas Arriba.
San Germán
Photo: Jmoliver, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Germán is a city of 32,000 people in the Porta del Sol region of Puerto Rico. It's best known for its Spanish colonial architecture.
Lajas Arriba
Suburb
Lajas Arriba is a barrio in the municipality of Lajas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,456. Lajas Arriba is situated 5 km east of Lajas barrio-pueblo.
Lajas barrio-pueblo
- Location: Lajas, Porta del Sol, Puerto Rico, Caribbean, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Lajas barrio-pueblo” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lajas Barrio-Pueblo”
- Dutch: “Lajas”
- Spanish: “barrio-pueblo Lajas”
- Spanish: “Lajas (Lajas)”
- Spanish: “Lajas (Puerto Rico)”
- Spanish: “Lajas Centro”
- Spanish: “Lajas Pueblo (Lajas)”
- Spanish: “Lajas Pueblo”
- Spanish: “Lajas”
- Spanish: “Pueblo de Lajas”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sector Piedras Blancas and Lajas Zona Urbana.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Centro de Salud and Estadio Jose Joe Barbosa.
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