Villalba barrio-pueblo


Villalba barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center of Villalba, a municipality of Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 729.
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. Fiestas patronales are held in the central plaza every year.

The central plaza history

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" , and that the square should be proportionally large enough for the number of neighbors. These Spanish regulations also stated that the streets nearby should be comfortable portals for passersby, protecting them from the elements: sun and rain.

Sectors

Barrios in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores. The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.
The following sectors are in Villalba barrio-pueblo:
Barriada Cooperativa,
Barriada Nueva,
Calle Barceló,
Calle Figueroa,
Calle Luchetti,
Calle Muñoz Rivera,
Calle Sharton,
Calle Vencebil,
Calle Walter Mck Jones,
Puerto Rico Highway 149, and Urbanización Villa Alba.