Real (Ponce)

Barrio Real
A section of rural Barrio Real in Ponce, Puerto Rico, along Route PR-511.
Location of barrio Real within the municipality of Ponce shown in red
Country	United States
Territory	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Ponce
Area
• Total	5.28 sq mi (13.7 km2)
• Land	5.27 sq mi (13.6 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Population (2000)
• Total	3,139
• Density	596/sq mi (230/km2)
	Source: 2000 Census

Real is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Anón, Coto Laurel, Guaraguao, Quebrada Limón, Marueño, and San Patricio, and the coastal barrios of Canas and Capitanejo, Real is one of the municipality's nine bordering barrios. It borders the municipality of Juana Diaz. It was founded in 1878.

Real is a rural barrio located in the eastern section of the municipality, northeast of the city of Ponce. The toponomy, or origin of the name, is a proper noun related to the "Criadero Real", a barn and slaughterhouse dedicated to the farming of slaughter of cattle.

Real is bounded on the North by the hills north of La Compuesta street and Las Mesas Road, on the South by Río Inabon, on the West by the hills west of Rio Inabon, Rio Inabon itself (in the area of just north of Lago Numero 1), and the western and southern shores of Lago Numero 1, the eastern shore of Lago Numero 2, and the northeastern shore of Lago Numero 5, and on the East by Agustinillo Hill, the hills east of Rio Inabon, La Ponceña Brook, and the western shore of Lago Ponceña.

In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Real is bounded on the north by barrio Anón and by barrios Collores and Callabo of the municipality of Juana Díaz, in the south by barrios Cerrillos and Coto Laurel, in the west by barrios Cerrillos and Maragüez, and in the east by the municipality of Juana Díaz.