Guaraguao

Barrio Guaraguao
Scene in Barrio Guaraguao at PR-515 Westbound
Location of barrio Guaraguao within the municipality of Ponce shown in red
Country	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Ponce
Area
• Total	4.11 sq mi (10.6 km2)
• Land	4.11 sq mi (10.6 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Population (2000)
• Total	1,017
• Density	247/sq mi (95/km2)
	Source: 2000 Census

Guaraguao (Barrio Guaraguao) is one of the 31 barrios in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Anón, Coto Laurel, Marueño, Quebrada Limón, Real, and San Patricio, and the coastal barrios of Canas and Capitanejo, Guaraguao is one of the municipality's nine bordering barrios. It borders the municipalities of Adjuntas and Peñuelas. The name of this barrio is of native Taino Indian origin. It was created in 1878.

Guaraguao is a mountainous rural barrio located in the northwestern section of the municipality, northwest of the city of Ponce. Its location makes it susceptible to heavy rains, landslides, and road closings. The toponomy, or origin of the name, is related to the Guaraguao tree, Guarea trichilioides, in the Guarea ramiflora family, a tree that grows to heights between 20 and 70 feet with a maximum 3-foot wide trunk at the foot of mountains in the humid central zone of Puerto Rico.

Guaraguao is bounded on the North by PR-516 (roughly), on the South by the hills north of Tierras Buenas Road, and the hills south of Las Lomas Road, on the West by the hills west of A Street, PR-501 (roughly), and Las Lomas Road (roughly), and on the East by PR-503, Rabanos I Road, PR-10 (roughly), the hills west of PR-123.

In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Guaraguao is bounded in the North by Barrio San Patricio, and by Barrio Portugues of the municipality of Adjuntas, in the South by Magueyes and Marueño, in the West by Barrio Marueño, and by Barrio Rucio of the municipality of Peñuelas, and in the East by San Patricio and Tibes.