Miradero

Miradero
Country	United States
Territory	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Mayagüez
Area
- Land	2.9 sq mi (7.5 km2)
Population (2000)
- Total	5,510
	2000 census

Main article: Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Miradero is a barrio in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. The US census of 2000 reports a population of 5,510.^[1] The total land area the barrio is about 2.9 square miles (7.5 km²). It is one of fifteen rural inland barrios of Mayagüez.^[2]

The name "Miradero" means vantage point, lookout in Spanish. The rural barrio of Miradero, today sub-urban, next to the city suggests y describes a place appropriate to look and admire something or some landscape and it is usually used for that purpose, the name makes reference to the panoramic vistas of the city of Mayagüez and its bay and the Mona passage.^[2]. Eugenio María de Hostos grew up in the area, after his birth in the nearby Rio Cañas Arriba barrio.

Notable landmarks

Miradero is home to a number of sports complexes souch as: Palacio de Recreación y Deportes, Natatorio RUM, RUM Racquetball Courts and the Mayagüez University Campus Tennis Courts.^[3] The Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo is located in Miradero. There are a number of schools located in the barrio including Southwestern Educational Society and the Academy of the Immaculate Conception (where, among others, Jose Juan Barea attended most grades except his senior high school year).

A venture capital fund local to Puerto Rico, named Miradero Holdings, is named after the subsection.

Coordinates: 18°13′30″N 67°08′23″W / 18.2249901°N 67.1396490°W / 18.2249901; -67.1396490^[4]

References

	Puerto Rico portal
	Geography portal

1. ^ [1] Retrieved, February 26, 2010.
2. ^ ^{a b} Cedó Alzamora, Federico (2010). MAYAGÜEZ,SU NOMBRE, SOBRENOMBRES Y LOS DE SUS BARRIOS. Mayagüez: Gobierno Municipal de Mayagüez. pp. 1–28. http://www.mayaguezsabeamango.com/images/documentos/nombre.pdf. 
3. ^ General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Miradero Barrio