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Isabela Pueblo is a with a population of 6,326. Isabela Pueblo is in Isabela Municipio. Living in Isabela Pueblo offers residents a sparse suburban feel and most residents own their homes.
Many young professionals and retirees live in Isabela Pueblo.
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Population
6,326
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Median Home Value
$93,900
National
$229,800
Median Rent
$392
National
$1,096
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Based on the housing stock, population density, and the proximity of amenities of the area.
Sparse Suburban
Rent
42%
Own
58%
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national 40.7
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national 135.5
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national 500.1
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national 2,042.8
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national 284
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Diversity
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<10 years
7%
10-17 years
6%
18-24 years
7%
25-34 years
15%
35-44 years
13%
45-54 years
12%
55-64 years
16%
65+ years
25%
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Master’s degree or higher
6%
national 13%
Bachelor’s degree
18%
national 20%
Some college or associate’s degree
15%
national 29%
High school diploma or equivalent
32%
national 27%
Less than high school diploma
29%
national 11%
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Jobs
grade D minus
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Median Household Income
$14,691
National
$64,994
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Isabela is a charm found on the Puerto Rico island.
It is full of tourism and beautiful views. It has activities for all ages. The safety is better compared to the rest of the island. Rental and buying prices for properties are economic compared to the United States. Public schools could be updated, but it is like this all around the island. The beaches are the best among Puerto Rico and there are plenty of food options around. It is a great place to raise a family.
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Isabela
Isabela, Puerto Rico
Isabela is located on the north coast of Puerto Rico and has an area of 144.57 square kilometers (55.82 square miles). It is also known as «the garden of the northwest,» » los gaillos» (the young roosters) and «thetown of quesitos de hoja» (traditional Puerto Rican white string cheese). According to the 2000 census, there are 44,444 Isabelinos living in the wards of Pueblo, Arenales Altos, Arenales Bajos, Bajura, Bejuco, Coto, Galateo Alto, Galateo Bajo, Guayabos, Guerrero, Jobos, Llanadas, Moras, and Planas.
The patron saint of Isabela is Saint Anthony of Padua.
Isabela’s present economy is based on tourism and high technology manufacturing industries. Cattle ranching and agriculture contribute moderately, most significantly in Jobos, where cassava root is grown. Fishing is the primary economic activity in the coastal region.
Geography
The town of Isabela is in the northern coastal plains. It is bordered on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the town of San Sebastián, on the east by Quebradillas, and on the west by Aguadilla and Moca. The southern region is rimmed by the Aymamón Mountains, which are an extension of the Jaicoa range. This mountainous zone includes La Bandera, with an elevation of 1,207 feet (368 meters), La Silla, at 1,106 feet (337 meters), El Sombrero, at 1,083 feet (330 meters), El Indio, at 1,017 feet (310 meters), and El Monte Encantado, at 919 feet (280 meters) above sea level. The the central region rises no higher than 656 feet (200 meters) above sea level, with altitudes becoming increasingly lower toward the coast, where the La Vega (between Galateo Alto and Arenales Altos wards) and Las Cotorras (Galateo Alto) valleys lie.
Karst topography features include towers, sinkholes, and caves. There are several caves in Coto ward, including are La Cueva del Tunel, La Cueva del Colo, and La Cueva del Goyo.
Isabela’s hydrographic system is principally comprised of the Guajataca River, which runs along the eastern region of the town, creating the border with Quebradillas. The tributary of this river is a brook called La Sequía. The Los Cedros and Del Toro brooks flow directly into the ocean. The principal coastal features are points Sardinas and Jacinto.
The origins of Isabela can be traced to the establishment of indigenous groups in the region, the most noteworthy of which was the chiefdom of cacique Mabodomaca. Later, a cattle farm called San Antonio de la Tuna was located in this area, on the banks of the Río Guajataca. Around 1725, governor José Antonio de Mendizábal y Azares authorized the organization of a settlement in the area. It is believed that at the time of this settlement the region was already home to a shrine in honor of Saint Anthony and a small outlying village.
By the end of the eighteenth century, according to Fray Iñigo Abbad y Lasierra, the town already had a church, more than 60 dwellings, and close to 1,200 inhabitants throughout the territory. Its primary economic activity was cattle ranching.
In about 1818, neighboring communities granted Pablo Corchado the authority to request Governor Salvador Meléndez’s permission to move the population to a new location, closer to the coast, which would be given the name Isabela, in honor of Queen Isabel of Castile. Meléndez approved the request and the new town was founded on May 21, 1819. Sugar cane, coffee, tobacco, and produce were cultivated at the new location.
Symbols
Flag
The flag of Isabela bears three horizontal stripes of equal width. The upper and lower stripes are yellow and the middle stripe is green.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms is divided horizontally into three parts. The background of the upper and lower segments is golden yellow, and the central segment is an olive green.
The golden color represents the Taino Indians who inhabited the region and utilized gold. The green symbolizes the Arcaico and Ignerí Indians, indigenous groups who preceded the Taínos. The top section of the coat of arms bears two fighting cocks, alluding to bravery. In the center section is a bell flanked by two prickly pear cactus plants. These characterize the ancient hermitage of Saint Anthony of Padua. The bottom section bears the figure of a horse, depicting Isabela’s famous paso fino horses and the rich ranching heritage of the region. The coat of arms is crowned by a castle with three turrets, symbol of the status as a town.
Places of Interest
• Guajataca State Forest
• Cara del Indio (Limestone sculpture resembling an indigenous man’s face)
• Cara del Indio – Pastillo Beach
• El Brujo natural pool
• Jacinto natural pool
• Sculpture of Chief Mabodamaca
• Saint Anthony of Padua Church
• Manuel Corchado y Juarbe recreational plaza
• Guajataca Square
• Jobos Beach
• Montones Beach
• Sardinera Beach
• Shacks Beach
• Ruins of the Saint Anthony de la Tuna shrine
• Guajataca Tunnel
• City Hall,
• Parish house
Illustrious Citizens
Manuel Corchado y Juarbe – lawyer, abolitionist, and writer.
He was president of the Liberal Reformist Party and the Puerto Rico Atheneum. He publised poetry, essays, and plays. His most renowned works include a book of poetry, Un beso (1881), an essay, Las barricadas (1870), and a play, El capitán Correa.
Noel Estrada – musician and composer. Author of the famous song, En mi Viejo San Juan.
Vicente Géigel-Polanco – lawyer, poet, essayist, and journalist. He contributed work to such newspapers such as El Imparcial, La Democracia, El Mundo, and Puerto Rico Ilustrado, among others, and he was director of el Diario de Puerto Rico. He was president of the Puerto Rico Atheneum (1939 – 1941) and member of the Institute of Puerto Rican Literature and the Puerto Rican Academy of History. Géigel was Attorney General of Puerto Rico and director of the Division of Economic and Social Research of the Department of Labor, as well as a university professor. He was a member of the Liberal Party, the Popular Democratic Party (by which he was elected senator at large in 1940 and 1944) and a member of the Puerto Rican Independence Party.
Among his writings are a book of poetry, Canto al amor infinito (1962) and the prose piece El despertar de un pueblo (1942).
Esther M. Melón – university professor and writer of numerous literary works.
Santiago Polanco-Abreu – born in Bayamón, raised in Isabela. Member of the House of Representatives (1948 -1964), over which he presided from 1963 to 1964. He was a delegate of the Constituent Assembly (1951), resident commissioner in Washington (1965 –1969), and Popular Democratic Party candidate for governor in 1968. Journalist, essayist, and poet.
Events
• Three Kings day – January
• Isabela Cock Fight Festival – February
• Textile Festival – May
• Patron Saint Anthony of Padua Festival – June
• Holy Innocents’ Day– December
• Caroling «Escuadrón» (Marina) – December
• Caroling «Siempreviva» (Marina) – January
Text taken from enciclopediapr.org
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Day 6. Part 1 Camino de Santiago. Camino Sanabres. Asturianos – Puebla de Sanabria, 16.5 km
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September 22, 2019 She wrote on Facebook that day:
“Day 6, Sunday. An interesting day and not very difficult. Cool, but sunny. We walked 16.5 km plus walked around the city 2.75 km, in total 19,25 km. The city – Puebla de Sanabria, where we are now spending the night, deserves a separate post.
In Asturianos towards morning the rain stopped and cleared up. It’s cold, so backpacks are lighter, a lot of clothes on you. We walked through the forests and several villages where there was nothing to eat. The forests are sometimes “babkaezhkinsky”, in lichens and mosses. ”
1. The recreation area and the shooting range near the albergue in Asturianos turned out to be quite nice when the fog cleared.1061 Today we slept well. We had breakfast with what we bought at the store yesterday, and made tea and coffee with a boiler.
2. This is Asturianos. The name in translation means “Asturians”. By the way, the town is so called because once upon a time the inhabitants of Asturias came here from some kind of persecution, and stayed, seeing good grass for their livestock and high-quality water.
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6. We go through dense forests. We saw today’s tracks of roe deer right on the trail. nine1061
7. Agriculture.
8. We go to Palacios where Sanabria (Palacios de Sanabria), where 225 inhabitants. We did not see any palace (palacio) here. There is a church of Santo Cristo (Holy Christ), a shop, a bar, a pharmacy. But today is Sunday, the store and pharmacy are closed, the bar may be open, but we did not look for it.
9. Green tourism.
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11. And again we dive into the forest thickets. And the road, perhaps even under the Romans, was built, here it is quite possible.
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12. Often forest areas are fenced with cord. No, this is not an electric shepherd, private property is simply designated.
13. This is the only place for 17 days of our Way, where there was garbage in nature. Moreover, on private property.
14. Already yesterday we saw the first chestnut groves, but here they are more and more. And judging by the age of the trees, edible chestnuts have been cultivated here for a long time.
15. And on the edge of the village of Remesal, where only 22 inhabitants live, there is a playground, pilgrim information, fuente (a watering place for us :)) and a monument. nine1061 Fuente and a monument were erected in 2006 in honor of the 500th anniversary of the event that took place in this place.
16. And the event is this: there was a meeting between Philip l Handsome and Fernando ll the Catholic (his father-in-law) about who will own the crown of Castile.
As always in the history of royal dynasties, everything was very difficult there.
Philip was born in Bruges (Belgium), married the Spanish princess Juana, daughter of Isabella of Castile and Fernando (Prince of Aragon). This in Castile was preceded by turbulent events and even a civil war (struggle for the crown). nine0003
Isabella l (Isabel I de Castilla), who died in 1504, excluded her husband from the succession of the Castilian crown, which passed into the hands of her daughter Juana, because other heirs died in early childhood or married kings of other states. But Isabella knew about the illness that her daughter suffered, and which caused some mental problems, so she appointed Fernando (Juana’s father) as regent.
But since Philip the Handsome is now the husband of the queen, after the death of Isabella (mother-in-law), he claimed the regency, that is, he wanted to rule Castile and Leon. nine1061 Fernando didn’t like it very much.
At this place, the son-in-law and the father-in-law “worn out and bastardized” that Philip would still be the regent.
What was said there led to Concordia where Villafafila, by which Fernando renounced any right to the crown, obliging Juana and Felipe to take charge of his government. The Concordia de Villafafila is a historic agreement that, a week after the meeting in Remesala (at this place), Fernando signed in Villaville, and on the second day in Benavente, Philippe signed. nine0003
But Philip the Handsome in the same year, at the age of 28, died very suddenly, which raises suspicion of poisoning. Juana was pregnant with her sixth child at the time. At that time she was 27 years old.
Juana (who also had the nickname “mad”) was formally queen for almost half a century, but she was deprived of her liberty. First, the father led, then the son … In captivity, she gave birth to a girl who became Catherine of Austria.
Her imprisonment was motivated by mental illness, although not everything is so simple here, and not all historians are convinced that Juana was really insane.
Some hysterical fits can be explained by the attitude of her husband towards her. Philip was bored in the prim, strict Catholic court of Castile. In native Burgundy – balls, mistresses and other entertainments. Therefore, he did not stay long in Spain, fled home. After some time, Juana also went after him, and there her husband’s betrayals unbalanced her. nine1061 These are the busts of Philip and Juana.
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18. As soon as we left Remesal and dived into that jungle, having passed 50-70 meters, we saw two silent deer on the left. Huge. But if they had not moved, we would not have noticed them in the bushes.
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20. We cross the railway over the bridge.
21. Steps to the garden, to the pumpkins.
Otero de Sanabria, 26 people here.
Interestingly, there will soon be a railway station where the Madrid-Zamora-Galicia high-speed train will stop (the railway is under construction). This station will be the second high-speed stop in the province of Zamora, making the province one of the few in Spain with two high-speed stations.
nine1061 I wonder why they rejected the first option – the resort town of Puebla where Sanabria, which is 6.8 km away? To make money for taxi drivers? Or maybe it’s inconvenient to draw a branch?
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25. It is engraved above the column that the church was built in 1733.
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27. There is a bench under these doors where we had a good rest. They took off their extra layers of clothing, as it got warmer, and had a bite to eat. nine1061
28. Grandfather, sitting on a bench near the ruins, really wanted to talk to us, but he said something that we did not understand at all. Maybe it’s in Galician, because Galicia is close? Or maybe we are such connoisseurs of Spanish? Although with others, at least a little, they talked.
29. Grandfather left, and I photographed his quite normal house.
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31. Another 2.5 km and Triufé There are 24 inhabitants.
Wikipedia writes that there is rich nature here, both flora (oaks, chestnuts, alder, yews, holly, poplar, birch, etc.) and fauna (wolves, wild boars, deer, foxes, otters …)
32. The land is very productive.
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35. Parish Church of San Mauro.
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37. Green tourism (Casa rural). The inscription on the wall: “I ask nothing more: the sky is above me and the path is under my feet.”
38. And this is the opposite of Kasa Rural. Original – sheep on the gate.
39. Already in the distance you can see the fortress, then – Puebla where Sanabria. nine1061
40. We arrived in Puebla de Sanabria quite early. And since we planned to travel 12 km from it to Rekejo by bus (because we don’t want to walk a lot along the highway and the industrial zone, and there is such a route), Lindy yesterday advised us via messenger to ask about the bus at the hotel at the entrance to the city.
She also said that she spent the night in a private albergue Casa luz, and she liked it.
We still do not know exactly how we will get to which town, how and when, today or tomorrow.
And the hotel, though with stars (I think, three), but there are pilgrim paraphernalia. nine0003
A nice girl at the reception said that there were no buses there (we had already guessed about this, because we didn’t find anything), called a taxi, found out how much, on the 15th. to Requejo, we wrote down the phone, thanked and moved on to the private alberga Casa Luz (House of Light).
41. The hotel was actually outside the city, we still scratch and scratch.
42. There will be a separate post about the “alberga with a soul”, as I called it, and about the wonderful resort town of Puebla de Sanabria, where 1373 inhabitants live. nine0003
In the meantime, we’ve come to Albergue. Ospitaliero is an old man (pilgrims, keep in mind, he is not gloomy, he does not hear well), and his wife helps him, also an old woman, they live in the adjacent part of the house.
We sat down on the patio and began to study our route, and he was told that we still did not know whether we would spend the night with him or go further today. A girl is sitting next to me, who will not spend the night here, she is waiting for the bus, which will be in 4 hours.
And here in the patio there is a coffee machine (what a blessing, we see this for the first time in Albergue), we took two coffees with milk for 0.7 euros. and life became happier. She wasn’t sad, though. nine0003
But today is Sunday, all shops are closed.
The walls are full of useful information for pilgrims.
Here – about the castle, the church, the school of mushrooms, the center of the wolves, the Sanabria Natural Park and riding there on the lake on catamarans … And even about Bragança, a city forty km from here, in Portugal.
43. Bicycle repair and taxi coordinates.
To be continued…
You can read about the previous days of our Camino here:
Camino de Santiago.