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]

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

Meaning of "barrio"

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In Puerto Rico, the term barrio has two very different meanings. Officially, Ponce has 31 barrios; this is according to local, insular, and federal governments. However, there is a second meaning for barrio that does not correlate with the official meaning and one that is meant to refer, loosely, to a sector or portion of an official barrio. It is a meaning that makes reference to a community that shares certain common characteristics (types of homes, income range of its dwellers, its natural or human-made boundaries, etc.). Some examples of these so-called barrios are barrio Mameyes[5] (a sector of barrio Portugues Urbano), barrio Corral Viejo[6] (a community within Barrio Magueyes), barrio Clausells[7] (a portion of Barrio Segundo), barrio Tenerías[8] (part of Barrio Machuelo Abajo), and barrio Caracoles[9] (a community in 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

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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.[11] Throughout the 19th century, Ponce's jurisdictional zone increased to where it included both urban and rural barrios. With an expanding urban zone, in the 20th century Ponce's list of barrios came to number 31, with 13 located in the urban area of the city plus 18 outside the urban zone.[12][13][14] Of these 18, and as the urban area continues to expand, seven were considered suburban in 1999. These 7 suburban barrios were: Canas, Magueyes, Portugués, Machuelo Arriba, Sabanetas, Coto Laurel, and 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.[18] At 68 persons per square mile, San Patricio was the least dense, while 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 Anón, Canas, Capitanejo, Coto Laurel, Guaraguao, Marueño, Quebrada Limón, Real, San Patricio. Canas and Capitanejo are also coastal barrios, and together with three other coastal barrios (Playa, Bucaná, and Vayas) make up the municipality's five coastal barrios.[21]

There are also seven barrios within the city limits (Bucana, Canas Urbano, Machuelo Abajo, Magueyes Urbano, Playa, Portugués Urbano, and San Antón) that in addition to the original six city core barrios — named Primero, Segundo, Tercero, Cuarto, Quinto, and 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 (Magueyes, Tibes, Montes Llanos, Maragüez, Portugués, Machuelo Arriba, Cerrillos, 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

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A summary of all the barrios of the municipality, their population, population density, and land and water areas as given by the U.S. Census Bureau is as follows:[23][24][25]

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

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There are 13 barrios in the urban zone of the city of Ponce.[26][27] These are the original six urban barrios — named Primero, Segundo, Tercero, Cuarto, Quinto, and 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

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A street in 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

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

The municipality has 18 rural barrios.[34][35] The 2000 Census showed that Montes Llanos, one of the 18 rural barrios, was the least populated barrio in the municipality.[36] At 68 persons per square mile, San Patricio - another rural barrio - was the least populated, while 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

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A scene in Barrio Magueyes, one of seven suburban barrios in the municipality

Of the 18 barrios outside the Ponce urban zone, seven were considered suburban in 1999. The suburban barrios were: Canas, Magueyes, Portugues, Machuelo Arriba, Sabanetas, Coto Laurel, and 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

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A stretch of a road (PR-502) in Barrio Quebrada Limon near its border with the municipality of Peñuelas

Ponce has nine barrios that border neighboring municipalities. These are Canas (borders Peñuelas), Quebrada Limón (borders Peñuelas), Marueño (borders Peñuelas), Guaraguao (borders Peñuelas and Adjuntas), San Patricio (borders Adjuntas, Utuado, and Jayuya), Anón (borders Jayuya and Juana Diaz), Real (borders Juana Diaz), Coto Laurel (borders Juana Diaz), and Capitanejo (borders Juana Diaz). Canas and Capitanejo are also coastal barrios, and together with three others (Playa, Bucaná, and Vayas) 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

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A view of Isla Ratones on the Caribbean Sea, viewed from coastal Barrio Canas

Ponce has five barrios that face the Caribbean Sea. These are: Bucaná, Canas, Capitanejo, Playa, and Vayas. 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

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Route PR-139 in interior Barrio Cerrillos

The municipality has eight barrios -- Cerrillos, Machuelo Arriba, Magueyes, Maragüez, Montes Llanos, Portugués, 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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References

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Further reading

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  • 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.
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