Portugues
| Barrio Portugués | |
|---|---|
 Location of barrio Portugues within the municipality of Ponce shown in red |
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| Country |
 United States
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| Territory |
 Puerto Rico
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| Municipality |
 Ponce
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| Area | |
| • Total | 3.56 sq mi (9.2 km2) |
| • Land | 3.52 sq mi (9.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 4,882 |
| • Density | 1,387/sq mi (536/km2) |
| Source: 2000 Census | |
Portugués (Barrio Portugués), aka Portugués Rural, is one of the 31 barrios in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Magueyes, Tibes, Montes Llanos, Maragüez, Machuelo Arriba, Sabanetas, and Cerrillos, Portugués is one of the municipality's eight rural interior barrios. It was founded in 1831.
Portugués is a mountainous rural barrio located in the central section of the municipality, north of the city of Ponce. The Río Chiquito watershed runs along the middle of this barrio. Such geographic feature determines its form: it is long from north to south, and narrow from east to west. In a similar manner, the Río Portugués watershed runs alongside the neighboring barrio Tibes, immediately to the east of Barrio Portugues, and Rio Portugues enters Barrio Portugues on its southernmost region.
Portugués is bounded on the North by the hills north of Pandura Road, on the South by Camino de Ponce (Golf Club) Street, Majagua Street, Arboleda Street, and PR-504, on the West by Turell Road, La Zarza Road, PR-10 (roughly), and on the East by PR-505, the hills west of Río Bayagán, the eastern slopes of El Gato Hill (Cerro El Gato) and First Street (Calle 1). In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Portugués is bounded in the North by Monte Llano, in the South by Portugues Urbano and Machuelo Arriba, in the West by Tibes and Magueyes, and in the East by Monte Llano and Machuelo Arriba.
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