Canas Urbano is one of the 31 barrio of the municipality of

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. Along with

Machuelo Abajo Machuelo Abajo is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Canas Urbano, Magueyes Urbano, Portugués Urbano, and San Antón, Machuelo Abajo is one of the municipality's five originally rural barrios that ...

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 ...

Portugués Urbano 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 tha ...

, and San Antón, Canas 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. The name of this barrio is of native indigenous origin. It was created in 1953.

Location

Canas Urbano is an urban

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located in the southern section of the municipality, within the Ponce city limits, and southwest of the traditional center of the city,

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Boundaries

It is bounded on the North by Ponceña Street/

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 ...

, by Ausencia, La Gloria, Novedades, and Idilid Streets of Morel Campos, by Ten Street of Shanghai, Villa Street/Simon Bolivar Avenue, Palo de Pan Street, Dr. Ferran Street, Ferrocarril Street, and Ramon Powell Street, on the South by

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, on the West by

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 ...

(roughly),

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(roughly), and

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, and on the East by Global Street, Coto Canas Street/PR-2R/Pámpanos Road, and the old western branch of Rio Portugues. In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Canas Urbano is bounded in the North by

, Segundo,

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, and Cuarto, in the South by

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and Playa, in the West by

, and San Anton, and in the East by Segundo,

, and San Anton. Museo de Arte, Ponce, Puerto Rico-Exterior

Features and demographics

Canas Urbano has of land area and no water area. In 2000, the population of Canas Urbano was 21,482 persons, and it had a density of 9,301 persons per square mile. In 2010, the population of Canas Urbano was 17,933 persons, and it had a density of 7,763.2 persons per square mile. The communities of Jardines del Caribe (first and second sections only), Morel Campos, Shanghai, Aristides Chavier, Baldorioty, San Antonio, Rio Canas, Los Maestros, Santa Maria, Perla del Sur, Villa Grillasca, and Reparto Universitario are found here. Villa Grillasca was built in the 1950s and consisted of 720 duplex-style homes.Carmelo Rosario Natal. ''Ponce En Su Historia Moderna: 1945-2002.'' Published by Secretaría de Cultura y Turismo of the Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2003. p. 48.

Notable landmarks

Barrio Canas Urbano is home to the Juan Pachín Vicéns Auditorium,

Francisco Montaner Stadium The Estadio Francisco ("Paquito") Montaner (English: ''Francisco ("Paquito") Montaner Stadium'') is a multi-use stadium in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is home to the Leones de Ponce team of the Puerto Rico Baseball League (LBPPR) and FC Leones of ...

, and the

Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico The Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico) is a private Roman Catholic university with its main campus in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It provides courses leading to Bachelor's, Master's and Docto ...

and various other important landmarks.

Gallery

File:Restaurante Pizza Heaven, Calles Concordia y Divina Providencia, Urb. Sta. Maria, Bo. Canas Urbano, Ponce, PR, mirando al suroeste (DSC01869C).jpg, Italian restaurant on Calle Concordia, near

Avenida Las Américas Avenida Las Américas, is a major thoroughfare in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Most of its length is signed as Puerto Rico Highway 163 (PR-163). The highway has both of its termini as well as all of its length entirely within the Ponce city limits. It ...

File:Interior del Restaurante Pizza Heaven, C. Concordia y C. Divina Providencia, Bo. Canas Urbano, Ponce, PR, mirando al norte (20190828 172853).jpg, Italian restaurant on Calle Concordia near

File:Museo de Arte de Ponce, Avenida Las Américas, Barrio Canas Urbano, Ponce, Puerto Rico, mirando hacia el noroeste (Ponce003).jpg,

Museo de Arte de Ponce Museo de Arte de Ponce (MAP) is an art museum located on Avenida Las Américas in Ponce, Puerto Rico.Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Tourism Company. Ven al Sur, page 20. San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2003. It houses a collection of European ...

, on

File:Museo de Arte de Ponce, Barrio Canas Urbano, Ponce, Puerto Rico, mirando hacia el norte.jpg, Interior of

File:Arch at the main entrance to the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico in Barrio Canas Urbano, Ponce, Puerto Rico (DSCF0584).jpg, Universidad Católica on

File:Edificio YMCA - Ponce Puerto Rico.jpg, Ponce YMCA Building in Urbanización Santa María

References

External links

* {{Ponce, Puerto Rico Barrio Canas Urbano 1953 establishments in Puerto Rico