Machuelo Arriba

Machuelo Arriba
Northbound PR-139 through Barrio Machuelo Arriba
Northbound PR-139 through Barrio Machuelo Arriba
Location of barrio Machuelo Arriba within the municipality of Ponce shown in red
Location of barrio Machuelo Arriba within the municipality of Ponce shown in red
Machuelo Arriba is located in Caribbean
Machuelo Arriba
Machuelo Arriba
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°03′17″N 66°35′34″W / 18.054796°N 66.592642°W / 18.054796; -66.592642[1]
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality Ponce
Area
 • Total6.63 sq mi (17.2 km2)
 • Land6.62 sq mi (17.1 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation620 ft (190 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total12,412
 • Density1,897.9/sq mi (732.8/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)

Machuelo Arriba is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with the barrios of Magueyes, Tibes, Portugués, Montes Llanos, Maragüez, and Cerrillos, Machuelo Arriba is one of the municipality's seven rural interior barrios. It was established in 1831.[3]

  1. ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government. Archived from the original on 16 January 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Machuelo Arriba barrio
  3. ^ Barrios de Ponce. Archived 30 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine Antepasados Esclavos.(From: Pedro Tomás de Córdoba. Memorias geográficas, históricas, económicas y estadísticas de la Isla de Puerto Rico.) Retrieved 28 November 2014.