Portugués Urbano
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Portugués Urbano is one of the 31 barrios in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Canas Urbano, Machuelo Abajo, Magueyes Urbano, and San Antón, Portugués Urbano is one of the municipality's five originally rural barrios that are now also part of the urban zone of the city of Ponce. It was founded in 1953.[3]
Location
Portugués Urbano is an urban barrio located in the southern section of the municipality, north of the downtown Ponce Historic Zone area of the city of Ponce, but within the city limits of the city of Ponce.
Boundaries
It is bounded on the North by Camino de Ponce (Golf Club) Street, Majagua Street, and Arboleda Street, on the South by Idilid Street, Shangai Street, Diez Street, Cinco Street, Pico Dulce Street, and Paseo de la Cruceta, on the West by Novedades Street, the hills east of
In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Portugués Urbano is bounded in the North by
History
Río Portugués and
In 1824, Barrio Portugués appears for the first time in a list of the barrios of Ponce produced by Pedro Tomás de Córdova, and to whom we owe the first such listing of 497 Puerto Rico barrios in the towns that existed at the time. However, the name Barrio Portugués does not show up in records of the municipality of Ponce until September 1821. In 1822, Barrio Portugués appears as one of the barrios of the settlement with a listing of names of people responsible for the supervision of the barrios of the municipality.[7] In 1878, Manuel Ubeda y Delgado reported that in Barrio Portugués there were 155 families residing in 33 houses and 100 bohios. Portugués was then the seventh least populated of the 22 barrios then established in the municipality. The same author reports the existence of thermal baths in an area a little over two kilometers northeast of the city known as the Quintana Baths (Baños Quintana). The masonry building that housed the baths still exists on the northbound side of Puerto Rico Highway 503 in Barrio Portugués.[7]
Origin of the name
The name Hato de Portugués has been traced back to the Puerto Rico General Registry of Lands of November 1800. Hatos were holdings of large tracts of lands dedicated to cattle raising. They were the basic territorial units in Puerto Rico in until the late 19th century.[7]
The name, however, may in fact be much older. Towards the end of the 16th century, even before the birth of the village of Ponce,
Features and demographics
The communities of
In 2000, Portugués Urbano had 1.14 square miles (3.0 km2) of land area and no water surface area. In 2000, the population of Portugués Urbano was 5,886 persons, and it had a density of 5,163 persons per square mile.[9][10] The Mameyes landslide tragedy occurred here.
In 2010, Portugués Urbano had 1.26 square miles (3.3 km2) of land area and no water surface area and the population of Portugués Urbano was 4,110 persons with a density of 3,261.9 persons per square mile.[11]
The highest point in Barrio Portugués Urbano is Cerro Ponce 2 which stands at 574 feet. Another notable land feature is Cerro El Vigia which stands at 364 feet.[4]
Mameyes landslide
Portugués Urbano attracted attention when, in 1985, over 100 people were buried in their sleep from a
Notable landmarks
Barrio Portugués Urbano is home to
See also
- Tropical Storm Isabel (1985)
- List of communities in Puerto Rico
Notes
- ^ Another source names this early settler "Pedro Perdomo de Guzmán". It is not clear which of the two names is the correct name, or if his name was perhaps Pedro Rodríguez Perdomo de Guzmán or some other variation. See Historia de Nuestros Barrios: Portugués, Ponce. Rafael Torrech San Inocencio. El Sur a la Vista. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Elsuralavista.com. 14 February 2010.
References
- ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Portugués Urbano barrio
- ^ Barrios de Ponce. Antepasados Esclavos. Pedro Tomás de Córdoba. Memorias geográficas, históricas, económicas y estadísticas de la Isla de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d 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. Archived 12 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved February 20, 2010.
- ^ Ponce Topographic Map. Map Styles: Map and Shaded. Trails.com. From: United States Geological Survey. Topo Map. Projection: NAD83/WGS84. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
- ^ Areciboweb. Ponce. Barrios. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f Torrech, Rafael (14 February 2008). "Historia de Nuestros Barrios: Portugués, Ponce". El Sur a la Vista (in Spanish). San Inocencio. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014.
- ^ Government of the Municipality of Ponce. Periódico "El Señorial". Special issue: Carnaval Ponceño 2013. February 2013. Page 17. Ponce, Puerto Rico.
- ^ US Census. Population, Land area, and density of Barrio Portugues Urbano Archived 12 February 2020 at archive.today Retrieved February 2, 2010.
- ^ Boricua Online. Population of Barrio Canas Urbano.
- ^ Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
- ^ 7 de octubre de 1985: Un drama, múltiples huellas y lecciones. Reinaldo Millán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
- ^ Map Showing Susceptibility to Rainfall-triggered Landslides in the Municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico: Scientific Investigations Map I-2818. By Mattew C. Larsen, Marylin Santiago, Randall Jibson, and Eduardo Questell. USGS. 2004. Contrary to popular belief, Mameyes in not located in barrio Tibes. Mameyes is located in Barrio Portugues Urbano (Please see map). Retrieved March 1, 2010.
- ^ Landslides in Puerto Rico
- ^ Map Showing Susceptibility to Rainfall-triggered Landslides in the Municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico: Scientific Investigations Map I-2818. By Mattew C. Larsen, Marylin Santiago, Randall Jibson, and Eduardo Questell. USGS. 2004. Site of the Mameyes Landslide. Geopolitical Map of the Municipality. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
- ^ Randal W. Jibson. "Evaluation of Landslide Hazards Resulting from the 5-8 October 1985, Storm In Puerto Rico" (PDF).
External links
- Media related to Portugués Urbano at Wikimedia Commons