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Barrio is a and traditions such as Feast Days . It is often used in the United States to refer to a neighborhood with largely Spanish-speaking residents, though it can be used to mean a neighborhood in any Spanish-speaking country. The word often implies that the poverty level is high in such a neighborhood, but this inference is not universal. While there are many barrios in the United States, El Barrio in New York City is among the more well-known ones. Also known as Spanish Harlem , this neighborhood is located on the northeastern portion of Manhattan and is home to over 116,000 residents, predominantly Puerto Rican s and African American s. In Puerto Rico , a barrio is a subdivision of a Municipio . The barrios are further subdivided into sectors. In Argentina , a barrio is a traditional division of a Municipality (city or town), officially delineated by the local authority at a later time, and sometimes keeping a distinct character from others (as it happens in the Barrios Of Buenos Aires , though they have been superseded by larger administrative divisions). The word does not have a special socioeconomic connotation, except it is used in contrast to the ''centro'' (city center or downtown). The expression ''barrio cerrado'' ("closed neighborhood") is employed for small, upper-class residential settlements, planned with an exclusive criterion and often literally enclosed in walls. In the large cities, some barrios include (or are made up of mostly) '' Villas Miseria '' (slums). In Venezuela , the name ''barrio'' is commonly given to Slum s in the outer rims of big cities such as Caracas . The term is also used in the Philippines , though in this case it loosely means a rural village. In the United States ''barrio'' can also refer to the geographical "turf" claimed by a Latino Gang ; this usage is generally limited to the Chicano gangs of California . Some gangs spell the word ''varrio'', a common spelling variant (''b'' and ''v'' Represent the same sound in Spanish). The dramatization of gang life in Music Videos and Movies has emphasized this meaning in public consciousness in North America. East Los Angeles , sometimes abbreviated to ''Easlos'', is the best known such area, but residents there actually see the area as a series of contiguous barrios. In Spanish, Chinatown s are known as ''barrios chinos''; similarly, all ethnic Ghetto es and "-towns" receive the name ''barrio'' plus the appropriate qualifying adjective. ''Barrio'' and ''Barrios'' are also Spanish Surname s. The equivalent French spelling, Barriault, is a common name in Quebec . SEE ALSO |
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