{{short description|Barrio of Puerto Rico}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Miradero | settlement_type = Barrio | image_skyline = Carretera PR-108, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico (1).jpg | image_caption = Puerto Rico Highway 108 between Mayagüez barrio-pueblo and Miradero | image_map = Miradero, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico locator map.png | map_caption = Location of Miradero within the municipality of Mayagüez shown in red | pushpin_map = Caribbean | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Puerto Rico | coordinates = {{coord|18.225593|-67.139671|region:US-PR|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = <ref name="gaze">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer 2019|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_72.txt |website=US Census |publisher=US Government}}</ref> | subdivision_type = Commonwealth | subdivision_name = {{flag|Puerto Rico}} | subdivision_type1 = Municipality | subdivision_name1 = 23px|border Mayagüez | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = <ref name="gaze" /> | area_total_sq_mi = 2.93 | area_land_sq_mi = 2.93 | area_water_sq_mi = 0 | population_as_of = 2010 | population_footnotes = | population_note = 2010 census | population_total = 5724 | population_density_sq_mi = 1953.6 | timezone = AST | utc_offset = −4 | elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{GNIS|2415682|Miradero barrio}}</ref> | elevation_ft = 207 | postal_code_type = ZIP Code | postal_code = | area_code = }}
'''Miradero''' is a barrio in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. The US census of 2010 reports a population of 5,724.<ref name= "2010 Census">{{cite book|title=Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf | url = https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|year=2010|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref> The total land area the barrio is about {{convert|2.9|sqmi|km2}}. It is one of fifteen rural inland barrios of Mayagüez.<ref name=Cedo>{{Cite book|last= Cedó Alzamora|first=Federico| title = MAYAGÜEZ, SU NOMBRE, SOBRENOMBRES Y LOS DE SUS BARRIOS|publisher=Gobierno Municipal de Mayagüez | year =2010|location= Mayagüez|pages=1–28|url= http://www.mayaguezsabeamango.com/images/documentos/nombre.pdf}}</ref>
==History== Miradero was in Spain's gazetteers<ref>{{cite web | title=Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881 | website=Biblioteca Nacional de España | url=https://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/hd/es/viewer?id=9047075f-3c7e-411c-9e1e-41a2f650e1ba&page=1587 | language=es |page=1614| access-date=4 April 2023}}</ref> until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Miradero was 1,268.<ref name="OfficeSanger1900">{{cite book|author1=Joseph Prentiss Sanger|author2=Henry Gannett|author3=Walter Francis Willcox|title=Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office|url=https://archive.org/details/informesobreelc00joangoog|year=1900|publisher=Imprenta del gobierno|page=[https://archive.org/details/informesobreelc00joangoog/page/n255 164]| language=es}}</ref>
The name {{lang|es|Miradero}} means vantage point, or (scenic) overlook. The rural barrio of Miradero, today more suburban, next to the city suggests and describes a place to see and admire. The name makes reference to the panoramic vistas of the city of Mayagüez and its bay and the Mona passage.<ref name=Cedo/> Eugenio María de Hostos grew up in the area, after his birth in the nearby Rio Cañas Arriba barrio. {{US Census population| align= center | 1900= 1268 | 1910= 1644 | 1920= 1224 | 1930= 1365 | 1940= 1701 | 1950= 1549 | 1960= 3812 | 1970= 2452 | 1980= 4171 | 1990= 5279 | 2000= 5510 | 2010= 5724 |align-fn=center |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<br />1899 (shown as 1900)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|title=Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899|publisher=War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716033905/https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|archive-date=July 16, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> 1910-1930<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|title=Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817181600/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|archive-date=August 17, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><br />1930-1950<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|title=Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150830033735/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|archive-date=August 30, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> 1980-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|title=Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724061852/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|archive-date=July 24, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> 2010<ref name= "US2010Census">{{cite book|title=Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf|url=https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|year=2010|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2019-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220183043/https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|archive-date=2017-02-20|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
==Notable landmarks== Miradero is home to a number of sports complexes such as: Palacio de Recreación y Deportes, Natatorio RUM, RUM Racquetball Courts and the Mayagüez University Campus Tennis Courts.<ref>[http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/webcensus/ 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.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812171159/http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/webcensus/ |date=2010-08-12 }} Retrieved September 21, 2010.</ref> 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 Capital Partners, Inc.'', is named after the subsection.
==See also== {{Portal|Puerto Rico|Geography}} * List of communities in Puerto Rico
==References== {{Reflist}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Miradero, Mayaguez}} Category:Barrios of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico