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

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. Together with

Primero Primero (in English also called Primus, ', or in Italian '' or Spanish ''Primera'')'', is a 16th-century gambling card game of which the earliest reference dates back to 1526. Primero is closely related to the game of primo visto (a.k.a. prima-v ...

, Segundo,

Tercero Tercero (''Barrio Tercero'') is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Together with Primero, Segundo, Cuarto, Quinto, and Sexto, Tercero is one of the municipality's six core urban barrios. It was organized in 1 ...

, Cuarto, and Sexto, Quinto is one of the municipality's six original urban barrios. It was organized in 1878.

Location

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

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Boundaries

Barrio Quinto is bounded on the North by Guadalupe Street, on the South by Isabel Street, on the West by Atocha Street, and on the East by

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. In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Quinto is bounded in the North by Sexto, in the South by

, in the West by Segundo, and in the East by

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 ...

Features and demographics

Quinto has of land area and no water area. In 2000, the population of Qinto was 724. The population density in Quinto was 6,811 persons per square mile.City Melt
Retrieved 17 February 2010. In 2010, the population of Quinto was 568 persons, and it had a density of 5,680 persons per square mile.

Notable landmarks

Quinto is home to the Museo Francisco Pancho Coimbre. Also, the Isabel II Marketplace (''

Plaza del Mercado de Ponce Plaza del Mercado de Ponce (English: Ponce Market Plaza) or, formally, Plaza del Mercado Isabel Segunda (often abbreviated as Plaza del Mercado Isabel II), is a historic marketplace building in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It was inaugurated in 1863 by P ...

'') is located here. NRHP-listed landmarks in Barrio Quinto include the Font-Ubides House, the

Mercado de las Carnes Mercado de las Carnes ( en, Meat Market), also known as La Plaza de los Perros ( en, Dogs' Plaza), but formally, ''Plaza Juan Ponce de León'' (Juan Ponce de León Plaza), was the first building in Puerto Rico to mix social and architectural el ...

(Plaza Juan Ponce de León), and the old Spanish Military Headquarters/city jail.

Gallery

Restaurante Rincon Argentino, C. Salud, entre C. Isabel y C. Sol, Bo. Quinto, Ponce, PR, mirando al noroeste (DSC01358B).jpg, Argentinian restaurant on Calle Salud Restaurante La Chucha Sports Bar, C. Isabel, entre C. Leon y C. Mayor, Bo. Quinto, Ponce, PR, mirando al norte (DSC01978).jpg, Sports bar on Calle Isabel Restaurante 'Campioni Pizza Bar & Tapas' de noche, C. Isabel y C. Salud, Bo. Quinto, Ponce, PR, mirando al noroeste (DSC01425).jpg, Italian restaurant on Calles Isabel and Salud Restaurante Nispero, C. Isabel, entre C. Salud (PR-14) y C. Lolita Tizol Bo. Quinto, Ponce, PR, mirando al noroeste (DSC01961).jpg, Puerto Rican 'Criollo' food restaurant on Calle Isabel

References

External links

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