List of barrios of Ponce, Puerto Rico

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Map of the 31 barrios of Ponce
Entrance to Barrio San Antón, one of the barrios located in urban zone of the municipality

This list of barrios of Ponce consists of the 31 barrios in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. With 31 barrios, Ponce is Puerto Rico's municipality with the largest number of barrios.[1][2][3][4]

Meaning of "barrio"

In Puerto Rico, the term barrio has two very different meanings.

Barrio Canas). These so-called barrios, unlike the 31 official barrios, do not have well defined borders, and their names ordinarily reference a general, not a precise, sector or area.[10]

Introduction to Ponce's 31 barrios

The territorial areas known as barrios started to take shape during the 18th century (1700s), and the first barrios named were Cana, Montones, Capitanejo, Quebrada Limón, and Bucana.

Cerrillos.[15] The remaining 11 are entirely rural barrios.[16] A 2000 report by the U.S. Census Bureau provides detailed demographics statistics for each of Ponce's barrios.[17]

From a demographics perspective, the 2000 Census showed that Montes Llanos is the least populated barrio in the municipality. Thanks to its larger area, barrio Canas was by far the most populated ward of the municipality.

Cuarto was the most densely populated at 18,819 persons per square mile.[19][20]

Geographically speaking, Ponce has nine barrios that border neighboring municipalities. These are

Playa, Bucaná, and Vayas) make up the municipality's five coastal barrios.[21]

There are also seven barrios within the city limits (

Sexto — make up the 13 urban barrios of the municipality. The historic zone
of the city is within these original six core city barrios. These twelve barrios compose what is known as the urban zone of the municipality.

The remaining eight barrios (

Sabanetas) are located in the interior of the municipality. These last eight are outside the city limits and are neither coastal nor bordering barrios.[22]

Complete list of barrios

A summary of all the barrios of the municipality, their population, population density, and land and water areas as given by the

No. Barrio Population
(
Census 2000
)
Density
(/sq mi)
Total Area
(sq mi)
Land Area
(sq mi)
Water Area
(sq mi)
1 Anón 1669 129.9 12.85 12.85 0.00
2 Bucaná 3963 2957.5 2.16 1.34 0.81
3
Canas
34065 2349.3 22.82 14.50 8.32
4 Canas Urbano 21482 9299.6 2.31 2.31 0.00
5
Capitanejo
1401 355.4 4.82 3.95 0.88
6
Cerrillos
4284 1377.5 3.31 3.11 0.20
7 Coto Laurel 5285 1492.9 3.60 3.54 0.06
8
Cuarto
3011 18818.8 0.17 0.16 0.00
9 Guaraguao 1017 247.4 4.11 4.11 0.00
10 Machuelo Abajo 13302 7515.3 1.86 1.77 0.90
11 Machuelo Arriba 13727 2124.9 6.61 6.46 0.15
12
Magueyes
6134 1345.2 4.56 4.56 0.00
13 Magueyes Urbano 1332 1074.2 1.24 1.24 0.00
14 Maragüez 754 142.0 6.42 5.31 1.11
15 Marueño 1474 350.1 4.21 4.21 0.00
16 Montes Llanos 462 214.9 2.15 2.15 0.00
17
Playa
16926 3864.4 14.98 4.38 10.60
18
Portugués Rural
4882 1386.9 3.56 3.52 0.04
19 Portugués Urbano 5886 5163.2 1.14 1.14 0.00
20
Primero
3550 14200.0 0.25 0.25 0.00
21 Quebrada Limón 804 301.1 2.67 2.67 0.00
22
Quinto
724 6581.8 0.11 0.11 0.00
23
Real
3139 595.6 5.28 5.27 0.01
24
Sabanetas
6420 2351.6 2.79 2.73 0.06
25 San Antón 11271 10063.4 1.17 1.12 0.04
26
San Patricio
465 67.8 6.86 6.86 0.00
27
Segundo
11321 17416.9 0.65 0.65 0.00
28
Sexto
4745 18250.0 0.27 0.26 0.01
29
Tercero
773 9662.5 0.08 0.08 0.00
30 Tibes 866 123.5 7.01 7.01 0.00
31 Vayas 1338 187.9 10.47 7.12 3.35
  Ponce 186475 1625.5 193.6 114.7 78.9

Barrios in the urban zone

There are 13 barrios in the urban zone of the city of Ponce.

Sexto - plus seven others that the urban area has expanded to cover as well and which, with time, were incorporated into the city limits, namely, Bucaná, Canas Urbano, Machuelo Abajo, Magueyes Urbano, Portugués Urbano, and San Antón.[28][29] The historic zone
of the city is within the original six urban zone barrios.

According to the 2000 Census,

Cuarto - an urban barrio - was the most densely populated with 18,819 persons per square mile,[30]

No. Barrio Population
(
Census 2000
)
Density
(/sq mi)
Total Area
(sq mi)
Land Area
(sq mi)
Water Area
(sq mi)
1 Bucaná 3963 2957.5 2.16 1.34 0.81
2 Canas Urbano 21482 9299.6 2.31 2.31 0.00
3
Cuarto
3011 18818.8 0.17 0.16 0.00
4 Machuelo Abajo 13302 7515.3 1.86 1.77 0.90
5 Magueyes Urbano 1332 1074.2 1.24 1.24 0.00
6
Playa
16926 3864.4 14.98 4.38 10.60
7 Portugués Urbano 5886 5163.2 1.14 1.14 0.00
8
Primero
3550 14200.0 0.25 0.25 0.00
9
Quinto
724 6581.8 0.11 0.11 0.00
10 San Antón 11271 10063.4 1.17 1.12 0.04
11
Segundo
11321 17416.9 0.65 0.65 0.00
12
Sexto
4745 18250.0 0.27 0.26 0.01
13
Tercero
773 9662.5 0.08 0.08 0.00
  Ponce 186475 1625.5 193.6 114.7 78.9

Original barrios in the urban zone

Barrio Segundo
, one of the original six barrios of the Ponce urban zone

When barrios were first created around 1831,[31] the urban zone of the municipality of Ponce was divided into four barrios, centered at the intersection of Marina and Comercio streets (as it continues to be today). By 1878, barrio Quinto was added to the urban zone,[32] and by 1898 Cantera had been renamed as barrio Sexto to take its place among the urban barrios as well. (The port of La Playa, not the entire extension of barrio Playa, was also considered an urban zone in 1898.) These six original barrios that made up the urban zone of the municipality are detailed below.[33]

No. Barrio Population
(
Census 2000
)
Density
(/sq mi)
Total Area
(sq mi)
Land Area
(sq mi)
Water Area
(sq mi)
1
Cuarto
3011 18818.8 0.17 0.16 0.00
2
Primero
3550 14200.0 0.25 0.25 0.00
3
Quinto
724 6581.8 0.11 0.11 0.00
4
Segundo
11321 17416.9 0.65 0.65 0.00
5
Sexto
4745 18250.0 0.27 0.26 0.01
6
Tercero
773 9662.5 0.08 0.08 0.00
  Ponce 186475 1625.5 193.6 114.7 78.9

Barrios in the rural zone

Barrio Capitanejo
, one of the 18 rural barrios of the municipality of Ponce

The municipality has 18 rural barrios.

Cuarto was the most densely populated at 18,819 persons per square mile.[37]

No. Barrio Population
(
Census 2000
)
Density
(/sq mi)
Total Area
(sq mi)
Land Area
(sq mi)
Water Area
(sq mi)
1 Anón 1669 129.9 12.85 12.85 0.00
2
Canas
34065 2349.3 22.82 14.50 8.32
3
Capitanejo
1401 355.4 4.82 3.95 0.88
4
Cerrillos
4284 1377.5 3.31 3.11 0.20
5 Coto Laurel 5285 1492.9 3.60 3.54 0.06
6 Guaraguao 1017 247.4 4.11 4.11 0.00
7 Machuelo Arriba 13727 2124.9 6.61 6.46 0.15
8
Magueyes
6134 1345.2 4.56 4.56 0.00
9 Maragüez 754 142.0 6.42 5.31 1.11
10 Marueño 1474 350.1 4.21 4.21 0.00
11 Montes Llanos 462 214.9 2.15 2.15 0.00
12
Portugués
4882 1386.9 3.56 3.52 0.04
13 Quebrada Limón 804 301.1 2.67 2.67 0.00
14
Real
3139 595.6 5.28 5.27 0.01
15
Sabanetas
6420 2351.6 2.79 2.73 0.06
16
San Patricio
465 67.8 6.86 6.86 0.00
17 Tibes 866 123.5 7.01 7.01 0.00
18 Vayas 1338 187.9 10.47 7.12 3.35
  Ponce 186475 1625.5 193.6 114.7 78.9

Suburban barrios

Barrio Magueyes
, one of seven suburban barrios in the municipality

Of the 18 barrios outside the Ponce urban zone, seven were considered

Cerrillos.[38] A 2000 report by the U.S. Census Bureau provides detailed demographics statistics for each of Ponce's barrios.[39] Thanks to its larger area, barrio Canas was by far the most populated ward of the municipality.[40]

No. Barrio Population
(
Census 2000
)
Density
(/sq mi)
Total Area
(sq mi)
Land Area
(sq mi)
Water Area
(sq mi)
1
Canas
34065 2349.3 22.82 14.50 8.32
2
Cerrillos
4284 1377.5 3.31 3.11 0.20
3 Coto Laurel 5285 1492.9 3.60 3.54 0.06
4 Machuelo Arriba 13727 2124.9 6.61 6.46 0.15
5
Magueyes
6134 1345.2 4.56 4.56 0.00
6
Portugués
4882 1386.9 3.56 3.52 0.04
7
Sabanetas
6420 2351.6 2.79 2.73 0.06
  Ponce 186475 1625.5 193.6 114.7 78.9

Bordering barrios

near its border with the municipality of Peñuelas

Ponce has nine barrios that border neighboring municipalities. These are

) make up the municipality's five coastal barrios.

No. Barrio Population
(
Census 2000
)
Density
(/sq mi)
Total Area
(sq mi)
Land Area
(sq mi)
Water Area
(sq mi)
1 Anón 1669 129.9 12.85 12.85 0.00
2
Canas
34065 2349.3 22.82 14.50 8.32
3
Capitanejo
1401 355.4 4.82 3.95 0.88
4 Coto Laurel 5285 1492.9 3.60 3.54 0.06
5 Guaraguao 1017 247.4 4.11 4.11 0.00
6 Marueño 1474 350.1 4.21 4.21 0.00
7 Quebrada Limón 804 301.1 2.67 2.67 0.00
8
Real
3139 595.6 5.28 5.27 0.01
9
San Patricio
465 67.8 6.86 6.86 0.00
  Ponce 186475 1625.5 193.6 114.7 78.9

Coastal barrios

Barrio Canas

Ponce has five barrios that face the

. These five make up the municipality's coastal barrios. Two of these—Canas and Capitanejo—are also bordering barrios.

No. Barrio Population
(
Census 2000
)
Density
(/sq mi)
Total Area
(sq mi)
Land Area
(sq mi)
Water Area
(sq mi)
1 Bucaná 3963 2957.5 2.16 1.34 0.81
2
Canas
34065 2349.3 22.82 14.50 8.32
3
Capitanejo
1401 355.4 4.82 3.95 0.88
4
Playa
16926 3864.4 14.98 4.38 10.60
5 Vayas 1338 187.9 10.47 7.12 3.35
  Ponce 186475 1625.5 193.6 114.7 78.9

Interior barrios

Barrio Cerrillos

The municipality has eight barrios --

Sabanetas, Tibes—that are located entirely in the interior of the municipality. '"Interior" here means that these are non urban zone barrios which border neither the Caribbean Sea nor adjacent municipalities.[41]

No. Barrio Population
(
Census 2000
)
Density
(/sq mi)
Total Area
(sq mi)
Land Area
(sq mi)
Water Area
(sq mi)
1
Cerrillos
4284 1377.5 3.31 3.11 0.20
2 Machuelo Arriba 13727 2124.9 6.61 6.46 0.15
3
Magueyes
6134 1345.2 4.56 4.56 0.00
4 Maragüez 754 142.0 6.42 5.31 1.11
5 Montes Llanos 462 214.9 2.15 2.15 0.00
6
Portugués
4882 1386.9 3.56 3.52 0.04
7
Sabanetas
6420 2351.6 2.79 2.73 0.06
8 Tibes 866 123.5 7.01 7.01 0.00
  Ponce 186475 1625.5 193.6 114.7 78.9

See also

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