page_title: Lares, Puerto Rico
section_title: Barrios
hierarchical_section_title: Lares, Puerto Rico / Geography / Barrios
caption_attribution_description: English: Barrios in the municipality of Lares
context_page_description: Lares is a city and a mountain municipality of Puerto Rico's central-western area. Lares is located north of Maricao and Yauco; south of Camuy, east of San Sebastián and Las Marias; and west of Hatillo, Utuado and Adjuntas. Lares is spread over 10 wards and Lares Pueblo. It is part of the Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastián Metropolitan Statistical Area.
  A city adorned with Spanish-era style churches and small downtown area stores, Lares is a breezy area that is about 1.5 hours from San Juan by car.
  A significant event that occurred in Lares, the 1868 uprising brought on by pro-independence rebels who wanted Puerto Rico to gain its freedom from Spain. The movement, known thereafter as El Grito de Lares, was soon extinguished.
  The flag of Lares is now considered by many Puerto Ricans to be the symbol of their independence movement. Initially developed to represent the island's struggle to gain its emancipation from Spain, the flag is now used by those struggling to liberate the island from the United States.
context_section_description: Like all municipalities of Puerto Rico, Lares is divided into barrios. The municipal buildings, central square and large Catholic church are located near the center of the municipality, in a barrio referred to as "el pueblo".
  Bartolo
  Buenos Aires
  Callejones
  Espino
  Lares
  Lares barrio-pueblo
  La Torre
  Mirasol
  Pezuela
  Piletas
  Pueblo
  Río Prieto
caption: Subdivisions of Lares.
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