Magueyes | |
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.jpg) Scene in Barrio Magueyes | |
 Location of barrio Magueyes within the municipality of Ponce shown in red | |
  Magueyes Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°03′42″N 66°39′03″W / 18.061625°N 66.650773°W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Ponce |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.55 sq mi (11.8 km2) |
| • Land | 4.55 sq mi (11.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 344 ft (105 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 5,947 |
| • Density | 1,307/sq mi (505/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Magueyes is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Together with Cerrillos, Machuelo Arriba, Maragüez, Montes Llanos, Portugués, Sabanetas, and Tibes, Magueyes is one of the municipality's eight interior barrios. The name of this barrio is of native Indian origin.[3] It was created in 1831.[4]
- ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Magueyes barrio
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.