Camarones, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico

Camarones is a barrio in the municipality of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 5,626.[2][3][4]

Camarones
Barrio
Location of Camarones within Guaynabo in Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°20′12″N 66°06′41″W[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Guaynabo
Government
 • MayorAngel Pérez Otero
Area
 • Total2.44 sq mi (6.3 km2)
 • Land2.44 sq mi (6.3 km2)
Elevation
157 ft (48 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total5,626
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)

History

The name camarones meaning "shrimp" in English comes from the Camarones River.

The United States took control of Puerto Rico from Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and conducted its first census of Puerto Rico, finding that the population of Camarones barrio was 620.[5]

Crime

Carjackings are a problem in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico[6][7][8][9] and in 2014 the FBI reported a carjacking that occurred in Camarones.[10]

Notable people

Several notable musicians have come out of Camarones barrio in Guaynabo including: Juan Pablo Rosario (El papa de los cantaros), the Morales brothers (Ramito, Moralito, Luisito and Casito) who were troubadours. Angel Alfonso Cruz "Alfonsillo", musician and troubadour singer. Vitín Cruz "El Canario", brother of "Alfonsillo" also a good troubadour, Toño León, Willie Berrios and Elvis Crespo, who sings Merengue.[11]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Camarones
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
  5. 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. 161.
  6. Rico, Metro Puerto. "Sacan familia de auto para hacer carjacking en Guaynabo". Metro (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  7. "Video: Carjacking en centro comercial de Guaynabo". Telemundo PR (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  8. VOCERO, Nicole Candelaria, Especial para EL. "Investigan carjacking en Guaynabo". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  9. "Mujer víctima de carjacking a punta de pistola en Guaynabo". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 19 January 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  10. "Arrests of Elvin Manuel Otero Tarzia, Sebastian Angelo Saldana, Kevin Rivera Ruiz, and a Male Juvenile". FBI. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  11. "Camarones" (in Spanish). Government of Guaynabo Municipality. Retrieved 24 June 2019.


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