Canas is one of the 31
barrio
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s in the municipality of
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce (, , , ) is both a city and a municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.
Ponce, Puerto Rico's most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, was founded on 12 August 1 ...
. Along with
Anón
Anón (''Barrio Anón'') is one of the 31 barrios in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Marueño, Coto Laurel, Guaraguao, Quebrada Limon, Real, and San Patricio, and the coastal barrios of Canas and Capitanejo, Anón is one ...
,
Coto Laurel
Coto Laurel (''Barrio Coto Laurel'') is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Anón, Marueño, Guaraguao, Quebrada Limon, Real, and San Patricio, and the coastal barrios of Canas and Capitanejo, Coto Lau ...
,
Guaraguao
Guaraguao (''Barrio Guaraguao'') is one of the 31 barrios in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Anón, Coto Laurel, Marueño, Quebrada Limón, Real, and San Patricio, and the coastal barrios of Canas and Capitanejo, Guaragu ...
,
Quebrada Limón
Quebrada Limón is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Anón, Coto Laurel, Guaraguao, Marueño, Real, and San Patricio, and the coastal barrios of Canas and Capitanejo, Quebrada Limón is one of the mu ...
,
Real
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Currencies
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Music Albums
* ''Real'' (L'Arc-en-Ciel album) (2000)
* ''Real'' (Bright album) (2010)
...
,
San Patricio, and
Marueño
Marueño (''Barrio Marueño'') is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Anón, Coto Laurel, Guaraguao, Quebrada Limón, Real, and San Patricio, and the coastal barrios of Canas and Capitanejo, Marueño ...
, and the coastal barrio of
Capitanejo, Canas is one of the municipality's nine bordering barrios. It borders the municipality of
Peñuelas. Along with
Playa,
Bucana,
Vayas
Vayas is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Playa, Bucana, Canas and Capitanejo, Vayas is also one of Ponce's five coastal barrios. Together with Capitanejo, Vayas is also one of two rural coastal bar ...
and
Capitanejo, Canas is also one of Ponce's five coastal barrios. It was founded in 1831.
Location
Canas is a suburban and partly mountainous barrio located in the southern section of the municipality, west of the city of Ponce, at latitude 18.000283N, and longitude -66.658800 W.
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Name
![Sabal domingensis](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Sabal_domingensis.jpg)
According to Sunny A. Cabrera Salcedo in this Ph.D. dissertation, the name is of native Indian origin. However, according to famed Puerto Rican historian
Eduardo Neumann Gandia
Eduardo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the male given name Edward. Another version is Duarte. It may refer to:
Association football
* Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean football player and sports commentator
* Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footb ...
, the name Canas comes from
Palma Cana, a palm useful for making
sombrero
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s, which was very abundant in the territory of Barrio Canas. Ivette Perez Vega de Soler states that Canas, more than any other barrio in Ponce, had extensive areas of ''"palmares de yaguas"''. The barrio formed from a community of
tobacco
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plant growers dating back to the 1680s.
Boundaries
It is bounded on the North by the hills north of Camino Bello Road, the hills north of
PR-132
Puerto Rico Highway 132 (PR-132) is a secondary highway that connects the town of Guayanilla to the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. The road runs through the town of Peñuelas before reaching Ponce. In Ponce, PR-132 starts where Calle Villa ends.El ...
, and Clavel Street, on the South by the
Caribbean Sea
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, on the West by the
El Peñón de Ponce promontory
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, the hills west of Correccional Las Cucharas Street, and the hills west of
PR-549, and on the East by the hills west of
PR-123
Puerto Rico Highway 123 (PR-123) is a secondary highway that connects the city Arecibo to the city of Ponce. It runs through the towns of Utuado and Adjuntas, before reaching Ponce. A parallel road is being built, PR-10, that is expected to tak ...
, the future western branch of
PR-9
Puerto Rico Highway 9 (PR-9), also called the ''Anillo de Circunvalación de Ponce'' ,
Río Pastillo
Río Pastillo is a river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is also known as Río Marueño in the area of the municipality where it runs through barrio Marueño. Together with Cañas River, Pastillo forms Matilde River. Pastillo ...
(roughly) and
Río Matilde
Río Matilde is a short river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. It forms from the confluence of Rio Pastillo and Rio Canas. Río Matilde is one of the 14 List of rivers of Ponce, rivers in the municipality and, forming at an altitude ...
(roughly).
In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Canas is bounded in the North by the
Quebrada Limón
Quebrada Limón is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Anón, Coto Laurel, Guaraguao, Marueño, Real, and San Patricio, and the coastal barrios of Canas and Capitanejo, Quebrada Limón is one of the mu ...
and
Portugués, in the South by the
Caribbean Sea
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, in the West by the barrios of Encarnacion, Tallaboa Saliente, and Tallaboa Alta of the municipality of
Peñuelas, and in the East by
Magueyes
Magueyes is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Together with Cerrillos, Machuelo Arriba, Maragüez, Montes Llanos, Portugués, Sabanetas, and Tibes, Magueyes is one of the municipality's eight interior barrios. ...
,
Magueyes Urbano
Magueyes Urbano is one of the 31 barrios in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Canas Urbano, Machuelo Abajo, Portugués Urbano, and San Antón, Magueyes Urbano is one of the municipality's five originally rural barrios that a ...
,
Canas Urbano
Canas Urbano is one of the 31 barrio of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Machuelo Abajo, Magueyes Urbano, Portugués Urbano, and San Antón, Canas Urbano is one of the municipality's five originally rural barrios that are now ...
, and
Playa.
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Features and demographics
![El Tuque Beach in Barrio Canas in Ponce, PR (IMG 3549)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/El_Tuque_Beach_in_Barrio_Canas_in_Ponce%2C_PR_%28IMG_3549%29.jpg)
Canas is divided into three subbarrios according to the
U.S. Census Bureau
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: Baldorioty de Castro, Clausells, and Reparada. The northern portion of Canas is home to the communities of Quebrada del Agua, Mansiones del Sur, Pastillo Alto, Villa Paraiso, Jardines del Caribe, Villa Delicias, Casa Mia, Villas del Caribe, Valle Alegre, and Quintas del Sur, while the southern section is host to La Cotorra, Baramaya, Bello Horizonte, Las Margaritas, La Matilde, Punto Oro, Punta Diamante, El Tuque, Nueva Vida, Las Batatas, Brisas del Caribe, and Las Cucharas.
Canas has of land area and of water area. In 2000, the population of Canas was 34,065 persons, and it had a density of 2,349 persons per square mile.
Canas, has the distinction of being the most populated barrio in the municipality of Ponce. It also has the longest coastline of all barrios in Ponce.
In 2010, the population of Canas was 32,708 persons, and it had a density of 2,260.4 persons per square mile.
Major roads in barrio Canas are
PR-2
Puerto Rico Highway 2 (PR-2) is a road in Puerto Rico that connects the cities of San Juan and Ponce. At 156 miles (230 km) long, it is Puerto Rico's longest singled-signed highway.
The road runs counter-clockwise from San Juan to Ponce. ...
,
PR-132
Puerto Rico Highway 132 (PR-132) is a secondary highway that connects the town of Guayanilla to the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. The road runs through the town of Peñuelas before reaching Ponce. In Ponce, PR-132 starts where Calle Villa ends.El ...
,
PR-500
Puerto Rico Highway 500 (PR-500) is a tertiary road in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The highway has both of its endpoints, as well as all of its length, entirely within the Ponce city limits. It runs east to west.
Route description
The road has its ...
, and
PR-549.
The highest point in Barrio Canas stands at 918 feet and is located at the northernmost tip of the barrio. Another notable land feature is the ''Penon de Ponce''
promontory
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near the shoreline which stands at 331 feet.
Notable landmarks
Barrio Canas is home to Salinas Lagoon, a natural reserve.
El Tuque Beach is also located in Barrio Canas.
The
Francisco Parra Duperón school is located in this barrio.
See also
*
List of communities in Puerto Rico
In Puerto Rico, there are 78 municipalities and 902 municipio subdivisions made up of 827 barrios and 75 barrios-pueblo. There are also a number of subbarrios and communities. The following is a list of the 902 barrios, some of the subbarrios, i ...
Notes
References
External links
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{{Ponce, Puerto Rico
Populated coastal places in Puerto Rico
1831 establishments in Puerto Rico
Barrio Canas