Capitanejo is one of the 31

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s of the

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Ponce, Puerto Rico Ponce ( , , ) is a city and a Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The most populated city outside the San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan metropolitan area, Ponce was founded on August 12, 1692Some publ ...

. Along with

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 ...

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

Guaraguao 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, Guarag ...

Quebrada Limón Quebrada Limón is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Anón (Ponce), Anón, Coto Laurel, Guaraguao, Marueño, Real (Ponce), Real, and San Patricio (Ponce), San Patricio, and the coastal barrios of Canas ...

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, San Patricio, and

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

, and the coastal barrio of Canas, Capitanejo is one of the municipality's nine bordering barrios. It borders the municipality of Juana Diaz. Along with Playa, Bucana,

Vayas Vayas is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Playa, Bucana, Canas and Capitanejo, Vayas is also one of Ponce's five coastal barrios. Together with Capitanejo, Vayas is also one of two rural coastal ba ...

and Canas, Capitanejo is also one of Ponce's five coastal barrios. Together with

, Capitanejo is also one of two rural coastal barrios in the municipality. It was founded in 1822.

Location

Capitanejo is a rural, coastal barrio located in the southeastern section of the municipality, southeast of the city of Ponce. The

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, or origin of the name, makes reference to the proper noun of a local junior or lieutenant commander below a

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, or a local junior commander subject to a superior authority. The barrio formed from a community of

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plant growers dating back to the 1680s.

Boundaries

Capitanejo is bounded on the north by

Río Inabón Río Inabón is one of the List of rivers of Ponce, 14 rivers in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. With a length of some , it is Ponce's second longest river after Río Jacaguas. It is fed by the Río Anón, Río Guayo (which itself is f ...

and barrio Sabana Llana of the municipality of

Juana Díaz Juana is a Spanish female name. It is the feminine form of ''Juan'' (English ''John''), and thus corresponds to the English names Jane, Jean, Joan, and Joanna. The feminine diminutive form (male equivalent to ''Johnny'') is Juanita (equival ...

, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, on the west by Río Inabón, and on the east by Río Jacaguas. In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Capitanejo is bounded on the north by barrio

, in the south by the Caribbean Sea, in the west by barrio

, and in the east by barrios Sabana Llana and Capitanejo of the municipality of Juana Díaz. Capitanejo has the distinction of being the only one of Ponce's 31 barrios that borders a barrio in another municipality with the same name.

Features and demographics

The communities of La Fe, La Plena, La Cuarta, Buyones, and Tiburones are located in barrio Capitanejo. Capitanejo has of land area and of water area. In 2000, the population of Capitanejo was 1,404 persons, and it had a density of 355 persons per square mile. In 2010, the population of Capitanejo was 1,011 persons, and it had a density of 257.3 persons per square mile. The main roads serving Barrio Capitanejo are PR-1 and PR-510.

Notable landmarks

Capitanejo has the second shortest coastline of all of Ponce's five coastal barrios, after Bucaná.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 March 3, 2010.

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