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Mercado, Old San Juan

Coordinates: 18°28′10″N 66°07′03″W / 18.4694956°N 66.1174290°W / 18.4694956; -66.1174290
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Mercado
Colorful outdoor kiosk with items for sale
Kiosk in Mercado, San Juan Antiguo
Mercado is in San Juan Antiguo
Mercado is in San Juan Antiguo
San Juan Antiguo is in San Juan
San Juan Antiguo is in San Juan
Mercado is located in Caribbean
Mercado
Mercado
San Juan is in Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°28′10″N 66°07′03″W / 18.4694956°N 66.1174290°W / 18.4694956; -66.1174290
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality San Juan
BarrioSan Juan Antiguo

Mercado, located within Old San Juan, is one of 7 subbarrios in San Juan Antiguo barrio in the municipality of San Juan in Puerto Rico.

History

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The name of this subdistrict comes from the Spanish word for marketplace, as Old San Juan's main marketplace used to be located here.

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. In 1899, the United States conducted its first census of Puerto Rico, finding that the population of Mercado was 2,038.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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. 162.