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Map of the 31 barrios of Ponce

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.

With an expanding urban zone, Ponce's list of barrios consist of 13 located in the urban area of the city plus 18 outside the urban zone. Of these 18, and as the urban area continues to expand, seven were considered suburban in 1999. These 7 suburban barrios were: Canas, Magueyes, Portugues, Machuelo Arriba, Sabanetas, Coto Laurel, and Cerrillos. The remaining 11 are entirely rural barrios. A 2000 report by the U.S. Census Bureau provides detailed demographics statistics for each of Ponce's barrios.

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. 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.

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.

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.

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 U.S. Census Bureau is as follows:

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 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

Rural barrios

Un sector rural del Barrio Capitanejo en Ponce, PR (DSC05626)
Barrio Capitanejo, one of the 18 rural barrios of the municipality of Ponce

The municipality has 18 rural barrios. The 2000 Census showed that Montes Llanos, one of the 18 rural barrios, was the least populated barrio in the municipality. 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.

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

Escena en el Barrio Magueyes, Ponce, PR (DSC01804)
A scene in 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. A 2000 report by the U.S. Census Bureau provides detailed demographics statistics for each of Ponce's barrios. Thanks to its larger area, barrio Canas was by far the most populated ward of the municipality.

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

Escena en el Barrio Quebrada Limon (PR-502 en el Km 2.0), Ponce, PR (DSC02305A)
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

Isla Ratones (vista desde el Hotel Ponce Holiday Inn), Ponce, PR (DSC05629)
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

IMG 3769 - PR-139 in Barrio Cerrillos in Ponce, PR, heading NB
Route PR-139 in interior barrio Cerrillos, Ponce

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.

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

Images for kids

  • Barrio San Anton, Ponce, Puerto Rico (IMG 2741A)

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

  • Una calle en el Barrio Segundo, Zona Historica de Ponce, Ponce, PR (DSC05640)

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

  • Un sector rural del Barrio Capitanejo, Ponce, Puerto Rico, al costado de la Carretera PR-510, mirando al sur (DSC05626)

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

  • PR-139 in Barrio Cerrillos in Ponce, PR, heading NB (IMG 3769)

    Route PR-139 in interior Barrio Cerrillos

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