Anón (''Barrio Anón'') is one of the 31

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. Along with Marueño, Coto Laurel, Guaraguao, Quebrada Limon, Real, and San Patricio, and the coastal barrios of Canas and Capitanejo, Anón is one of the municipality's nine bordering barrios. Anón borders the municipalities of Jayuya and Juana Diaz. The name of this barrio is of native Indian origin. It was founded in 1878. Barrio Anón is one of three Ponce barrios (the others are Barrio Guaraguao and Barrio San Patricio) located on the Cordillera Central mountain range.

Location

Anón is a mountainous rural barrio located in the northern section of the municipality, north of the city of Ponce. Anon is located within the Cordillera Central and it is home to the highest peak elevation in

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called Cerro de Punta. The

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, or origin of the name, is related to the fruit tree that belongs to the family

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Boundaries

Anón is bounded on the North by PR-143 ( Ruta Panorámica), on the South by the hills north of La Compuesta street and Las Mesas Road, on the West by Santo Domingo Hill, El Guayabo Road, Río Cerrillos, Río San Patricio, Cerrillo Road, and Tres Palos-Ramal 1 Road, and on the East by the hills west of PR-123. Cerro Punta Puerto Rico

In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Anón is bounded in the North by Barrios Jauca, Zamas, Veguitas, and Saliente of the municipality of Jayuya, in the South by

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and Real, in the West by San Patricio, and in the East by Barrio Collores of the municipality of Juana Díaz. Among all 31 barrios of Ponce, Anon has the distinction of bordering the most barrios of another municipality, namely, the four barrios of the municipality of Jayuya, or five barrios when Collores (municipality of Juana Díaz) is included.

Demographics

Anón is home to the communities of Jurutungo, Los Chinos, Vista Alegre, Raices, and Hogares Seguros. In 2000, the population of Anón was 1,669 persons, and it had a density of 130 persons per square mile.City Melt
Retrieved, 22 February 2010.U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000. Ponce and Its Barrios. (Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico -- County Subdivision and Place. GCT-PH1. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2000. Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data)
Retrieved 26 February 2010. In 2010, the population of Anón was 1670, and it had a density of 130 persons per square mile. Anón is the largest barrio in the municipality of Ponce by land area after Canas, but it is the third ''least'' populated, after San Patricio and Tibes.

Infrastructure

Major roads serving Barrio Anón are PR-143, PR-139, PR-511, and PR-517.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.
Retrieved 26 February 2010.

Geography

Anón has of land area and no water area. Anón is home to some of Puerto Rico's highest peaks. The highest point in Barrio Anón is Cerro de Punta which, at 4,390 feet, is also the highest point in Puerto Rico. Monte Jayuya is the barrio's second highest point at 4,300 feet. Barrio Anón is also home to the origin of the

Anón Anón (''Barrio Anón'') is one of the 31 barrios in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Marueño, Coto Laurel, Guaraguao, Quebrada Limon, Real (Ponce), Real, and San Patricio (Ponce), San Patricio, and the coastal barrios of Ca ...

and Inabón rivers. Rio Anón feeds into Rio Inabon within the boundaries of Barrio Anón to eventually empty as Rio Inabon into the Caribbean opposite Caja de Muertos. Rio Blanco and Rio Prieto are two other important rivers in Barrio Anón. Anón is also home to the Toro Negro State Forest; some 40% of the area of Toro Negro is located in Barrio Anón.

Jurutungo

The community of Jurutungo is found deep in the central section of barrio Anón. Jurutungo is a Puerto Rican word that means "a place very, very far away, which is hard or tiresome to get to" (See Examples of typical Puerto Rican vocabulary).Language in the USA: themes for the twenty-first century. By Edward Finegan and John R. Rickford. Page 192.
Retrieved 26 February 2010. However, it is not known if the populated place in Barrio Anón was named after the meaning of the word, or if the word developed as a result of the remoteness of the Jurutungo populated place.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Anon Barrio Anón 1878 establishments in Puerto Rico