Ensenada, Guánica, Puerto Rico facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Ensenada
Barrio
Seventh-day Adventist Church in Ensenada
Location of Ensenada within the municipality of Guánica shown in red
Ensenada, Guánica, Puerto Rico Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Guánica
Area
• Total	1.04 sq mi (2.7 km2)
• Land	0.79 sq mi (2.0 km2)
• Water	0.25 sq mi (0.6 km2)
Elevation	7 ft (2 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	1,705
• Density	2,158.2/sq mi (833.3/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)
ZIP Code	00647

Ensenada Barrio is a small area, or barrio, located in the town of Guánica, Puerto Rico. In 2010, about 1,705 people lived there.

History of Ensenada

For many years, Ensenada's economy was all about sugar. It had a big sugar mill and a processing plant. When sugar was a huge business in Puerto Rico, Ensenada was very successful. Because of this success, the community even wanted to become its own separate town, not just a part of Guánica.

However, the sugar mill closed down in 1982. After that, the people of Ensenada decided to stay as part of the Guánica municipality.

There's a special old inn in Ensenada called the Parador Guánica. It was built way back in 1929. This inn is very strong! It survived the powerful 2019–20 Puerto Rico earthquakes. It even became a safe place for workers from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during that time.

Images for kids

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  Photo by Jack Delano of "Ensenada, Guanica. Carloads of sugar cane at the South Puerto Rico Sugar Company" (c. January 1942)

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  Sign for Manglillo Beach in Guánica

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  Women wading near mangroves in Manglillo Beach

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  On a sandbar in Manglillo Beach