Sexto, Ponce, Puerto Rico

Sexto
Cantera
Daily life captured at Calle Mayor Cantera street in Barrio Sexto, in the Ponce Historic Zone, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Daily life captured at Calle Mayor Cantera street in Barrio Sexto, in the Ponce Historic Zone, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Location of barrio Sexto within the municipality of Ponce shown in red
Location of barrio Sexto within the municipality of Ponce shown in red
Sexto is located in Caribbean
Sexto
Sexto
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°01′17″N 66°36′42″W / 18.02135°N 66.611646°W / 18.02135; -66.611646[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Ponce
Area
 • Total0.27 sq mi (0.7 km2)
 • Land0.27 sq mi (0.7 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation75 ft (23 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total3,529
 • Density13,573.1/sq mi (5,240.6/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)

Sexto (Barrio Sexto) is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Primero, Segundo, Tercero, Cuarto, and Quinto, Sexto is one of the municipality's six core urban barrios. Barrio Sexto used to be called Barrio Cantera.[3] It was organized in 1878.[4]

  1. ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sexto barrio
  3. ^ Antepasados Esclavos. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  4. ^ Barrios de Ponce. Antepasados Esclavos.(From: Pedro Tomás de Córdoba. Memorias geográficas, históricas, económicas y estadísticas de la Isla de Puerto Rico.) Retrieved 28 November 2014.

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