Sexto (''Barrio Sexto'') is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of

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. Along with

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, Segundo, Tercero, Cuarto, and Quinto, Sexto is one of the municipality's six core urban barrios. Barrio Sexto used to be called Barrio Cantera. It was organized in 1878.

Location

Sexto is an urban barrio located in the southern section of the municipality, within the Ponce city limits, and north of the traditional center of the city,

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. The former name of barrio Sexto (Sixth) was barrio Cantera (Quarry) because there was a stone quarry in that region. At northeast of

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road from Ponce to Adjuntas. (Se
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as well as a

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of white stone in this area.

Boundaries

Barrio Sexto is bounded on the North by Cayey Street, on the South by Guadalupe Street, on the West by Atocha Street, and on the East by Rio Portugues. In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Sexto is bounded in the North by Portugués Urbano and

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, in the South by Quinto, in the West by Segundo and Portugués Urbano, and in the East by

Antiguo Hospital Militar Espanol de Ponce

Features and demographics

Sexto has of land area and no water area. In 2000, the population of Sexto was 4,745. The population density in Sexto was 18,222 persons per square mile. In 2010, the population of Sexto was 3,529 persons, and it had a density of 13,573.1 persons per square mile. The communities of La Cantera, Hoyo de Pepe, El Yeso, and Pueblito Nuevo are found here.

Notable landmarks

Barrio Sexto is home to the NRHP-listed old Spanish Military Hospital.

Notable people from Sexto

Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez Pedro Juan Rodríguez Ferrer (31 January 1933 – 1 December 2000), better known as Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez, was a Salsa music, salsa singer born in Sexto (Ponce), Barrio Cantera, Ponce, Puerto Rico.Ponce, Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Ric ...

, singer, composer, orchestra director

In popular culture

* The

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song by La Sonora Ponceña, (Inca Records, 1969) ''Hay Fuego en el 23'' starts by saying "Fuego! Se quemó la Cantera" (Fire! Cantera burned down!) * Another

song, by

Héctor Lavoe Héctor Juan Pérez Martínez (30 September 1946 – 29 June 1993), better known as Héctor Lavoe, was a Puerto Rican salsa singer. Lavoe is considered to be possibly the best and most important singer and interpreter in the history of salsa ...

(

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, 1972) titled ''Quítate tú'', the 3rd stance says "De donde viene este prieto?, se pregunta mucha gente; De la Cantera de Ponce vengo yo, con este ritmo caliente" (Where does that Negro come from?, many people ask ; I come from the Ponce's Cantera, with this hot rhythm.") * The

song by

Ismael Rivera Ismael Rivera a.k.a. "Maelo" (October 5, 1931 – May 13, 1987), was a Puerto Rican composer and salsa singer. Early life Rivera was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, a sector of San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was the first of five children born t ...

with Bobby Capo, titled ''Mi Tia Maria'' (Tico Records, 1975 ), has a portion that reads "Que vengan los de Cantera, de Loíza y Villa Palmeras..." (Let those from Cantera come, from Loíza and from Villa Palmeras...) ''Salsero del mes: Ismael Rivera (cronología).''
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References

External links

* {{Ponce, Puerto Rico Barrio Sexto 1878 establishments in Puerto Rico