Sabanetas, Ponce, Puerto Rico

Sabanetas
The iconic Letras de Ponce in barrio Sabanetas
The iconic Letras de Ponce in barrio Sabanetas
Location of Barrio Sabanetas within the municipality of Ponce shown in red
Location of Barrio Sabanetas within the municipality of Ponce shown in red
Sabanetas is located in Caribbean
Sabanetas
Sabanetas
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°01′08″N 66°34′52″W / 18.018955°N 66.58113°W / 18.018955; -66.58113[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Ponce
Area
 • Total2.79 sq mi (7.2 km2)
 • Land2.74 sq mi (7.1 km2)
 • Water0.05 sq mi (0.1 km2)
Elevation121 ft (37 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total5,534
 • Density2,034.6/sq mi (785.6/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)

Sabanetas (Barrio Sabanetas) is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Magueyes, Tibes, Portugués, Montes Llanos, Machuelo Arriba, Maragüez, and Cerrillos, Sabanetas is one of the municipality's eight rural interior barrios. The name of this barrio is of native Indian origin.[3] It was founded in 1831.[4]

  1. ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sabanetas barrio
  3. ^ Sunny A. Cabrera Salcedo. Hacia un Estudio Integral de la Toponimia del Municipio de Ponce, Puerto Rico. Ph. D. dissertation. May 1999. University of Massachusetts Amherst. Graduate School. Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Page 54.
  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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