List of barrios of Ponce, Puerto Rico
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.
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.
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.
Geographically speaking, Ponce has nine barrios that border neighboring municipalities. These are
There are also seven barrios within the city limits (
The remaining eight barrios (
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.
According to the 2000 Census,
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
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
The municipality has 18 rural 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 | 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
Of the 18 barrios outside the Ponce urban zone, seven were considered
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
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
Ponce has five barrios that face the
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
The municipality has eight barrios --
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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Further reading
- Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. pp. 209–210. Item 1076. LCCN 92-75480
- Guillermo A. Baralt. "La Historia del Desarrollo Urbano de Ponce, 1692 - 1920." Estudio de revitalización integral del Centro Histórico de Ponce. Volumen 2. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. Oficina Estatal de Preservación Histórica (Puerto Rico) y Comisión Nacional Quinto Centenario (España) Instituto de Cooperación Iberoamericana. 11v. S.L: s.n. 1988-1989. Appendix. (OEPH/CUTPO-f).
- Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliográfica Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 266. Item 1331. LCCN 92-75480
- Juan Sisco Santiago. "Los barrios y sectores." La Perla del Sur. 23-29 Octubre 1985 p. 13
- Mapa de Municipios y Barrios: Ponce, Memoria Numero 27. Gobierno del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico. Junta de Planificación. Santurce, Puerto Rico. 1953. p. 6.
External links
- Media related to Barrios of Ponce, Puerto Rico at Wikimedia Commons