Quinto (Ponce)
| Barrio Quinto | |
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 Location of barrio Quinto 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 | 0.11 sq mi (0.3 km2) |
| • Land | 0.11 sq mi (0.3 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 724 |
| • Density | 6,582/sq mi (2,541/km2) |
| Source: 2000 Census | |
Quinto (Barrio Quinto) is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Together with Primero, Segundo, Tercero, Cuarto, and Sexto, Quinto is one the municipality's six original urban barrios. It was organized in 1878.
Quinto is an urban barrio located in the southern section of the municipality, within the Ponce city limits, and northeast of the traditional center of the city, Plaza Las Delicias.
Barrio Quinto is bounded on the North by Guadalupe Street, on the South by Isabel Street, on the West by Street, and on the East by Rio Portugues.
In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Quinto is bounded in the North by Sexto, in the South by Tercero, in the West by Segundo, and in the East by Machuelo Abajo.
Quinto has 0.1 square miles (260,000 m2) of land area and no water area. In 2000, the population of Qinto was 724. The population density in Quinto was 6,811 persons per square mile.
Quinto is home to the Museo Francisco Pancho Coimbre. Also the old Isabel II Marketplace (Plaza del Mercado) is located here. Casa Paoli and other notable structures of colonial Ponce, such as the NRHP-listed Font-Ubides House, the Mercado de las Carnes (Plaza Juan Ponce de León), and the old Spanish Military Headquarters/city jail, are also located in Barrio Quinto.
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