Capitanejo, Ponce, Puerto Rico

Capitanejo
Barrio
A rural area in Barrio Capitanejo, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Location of barrio Capitanejo within the municipality of Ponce
Capitanejo Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 17°59′17″N 66°32′50″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Ponce
Area [1]
• Total	4.82 sq mi (12.5 km^2)
• Land	3.93 sq mi (10.2 km^2)
• Water	0.89 sq mi (2.3 km^2)
Elevation [2]	10 ft (3 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	1,011
• Density	257.3/sq mi (99.3/km^2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Capitanejo is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Anón, Coto Laurel, Guaraguao, Quebrada Limón, Real, San Patricio, and Marueño, and the coastal barrio of Canas, Capitanejo is one of the municipality's nine bordering barrios. It borders the municipality of Juana Diaz. Along with Playa, Bucana, Vayas and Canas, Capitanejo is also one of Ponce's five coastal barrios. Together with Vayas, Capitanejo is also one of two rural coastal barrios in the municipality.^[3] It was founded in 1822.^[4][5]

Location

Capitanejo is a rural, coastal barrio located in the southeastern section of the municipality, southeast of the city of Ponce. The toponymy, or origin of the name, makes reference to the proper noun of a local junior or lieutenant commander below a cacique, or a local junior commander subject to a superior authority.^[6] The barrio formed from a community of tobacco plant growers dating back to the 1680s.^[7]

Boundaries

Capitanejo is bounded on the north by Río Inabón and barrio Sabana Llana of the municipality of Juana Díaz, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, on the west by Río Inabón, and on the east by Río Jacaguas.^[8][9]

In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Capitanejo is bounded on the north by barrio Vayas, in the south by the Caribbean Sea, in the west by barrio Vayas, and in the east by barrios Sabana Llana and Capitanejo of the municipality of Juana Díaz. Capitanejo has the distinction of being the only one of Ponce's 31 barrios that borders a barrio in another municipality with the same name.

Features and demographics

The communities of La Fe, La Plena, La Cuarta, Buyones, and Tiburones are located in barrio Capitanejo.^[10]

Capitanejo has 3.95 square miles (10 km²) of land area and 0.88 square miles (2.3 km²) of water area.^[11] In 2000, the population of Capitanejo was 1,404 persons, and it had a density of 355 persons per square mile.^[12][13]

In 2010, the population of Capitanejo was 1,011 persons, and it had a density of 257.3 persons per square mile.^[14]

The main roads serving Barrio Capitanejo are PR-1 and PR-510.

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	1,161		—
1910	1,537		32.4%
1920	1,471		−4.3%
1930	1,433		−2.6%
1940	688		−52.0%
1950	1,621		135.6%
1960	1,340		−17.3%
1970	1,343		0.2%
1980	1,409		4.9%
1990	1,089		−22.7%
2000	1,404		28.9%
2010	1,011		−28.0%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[15] 1910-1930[16] 1930-1950[17] 1960[18] 1980-2000[19] 2010[20]

Notable landmarks

Capitanejo has the second shortest coastline of all of Ponce's five coastal barrios, after Bucaná.^[21]

See also

• List of communities in Puerto Rico

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Capitanejo 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 22.
4. Eli D. Oquendo-Rodriguez. Los Barrios de Ponce: Noticias y Microhistorias de Ocho Comunidades Ponceñas en el Tiempo, Siglos XVI al XIX. 2019. p. 109.ISBN 9781076759153
5. 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.
6. Government of the Municipality of Ponce. Periódico "El Señorial". Special issue: Carnaval Ponceño 2013. February 2013. Page 17. Ponce, Puerto Rico.
7. Luis Caldera Ortiz. Nuevos Hallazgos Sobre el Origen de Ponce. Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones del Sur Oeste de Puerto Rico. 2019. p. 65. ISBN 9781075058325
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14. Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
15. "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
16. "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
17. "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 August 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
18. Census of Population, 1960: Number of Inhabitants, General Population Characteristics, General Social and Economic Characteristics, and Detailed Characteristics. Characteristics of the population. U.S. Bureau of the Census. 1963. pp. 97–101. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
19. "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
20. Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
21. General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico. Archived August 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved March 3, 2010.

External links

• Media related to Capitanejo at Wikimedia Commons