Coto Laurel (''Barrio Coto Laurel'') is one of the 31

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s of the municipality of

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. Along with Anón, Marueño, Guaraguao, Quebrada Limon,

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, and San Patricio, and the coastal barrios of

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and Capitanejo, Coto Laurel is one of the municipality's nine bordering barrios. It borders the municipality of Juana Diaz. It was founded in 1831.

Location

Coto Laurel is a suburban barrio located in the southeastern section of the municipality, east of the traditional center of the city,

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. The

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, or origin of the name, is a proper noun related to the word ''coto'' which in Spanish denotes tracts of land ceded to citizens in exchange for services to the king and where there were

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Boundaries

It is bounded on the north by

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and Lake Number 5, on the south by Esperanza Street, on the west by

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(roughly), and on the east by

. In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Coto Laurel is bounded in the north by Cerrillos and

, in the south by

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, in the west by Sabanetas and Cerrillos, and in the east by the municipality of

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Features and demographics

Coto Laurel has of land area and of water area. In 2000, the population of Coto Laurel was 5,285. The population density in Coto Laurel was 1,468.1 persons per square mile.City Melt
Retrieved, February 18, 2010. In 2010, the population of Coto Laurel was 7,123 persons, and it had a density of 2,023.6 persons per square mile. The communities of Palmarejo, Llanos del Sur, and El Monte are found in Coto Laurel. Lake Giles is also in Coto Laurel. Coto Laurel is crossed by Puerto Rico's superhighway

PR-52 Puerto Rico Highway 52 (PR-52), a major toll road in Puerto Rico, is also known as ''Autopista Luis A. Ferré''. It was formerly called ''Expreso Las Américas''. It runs from PR-1 in southwest Río Piedras and heads south until it intersects wit ...

. PR-14 also serves Coto Laurel.

Landmarks

Coto Laurel is home to Industrias Vassallo and Hospital San Cristobal, one of Ponce's largest hospitals. Coto Laurel's village square was built under the mayoral administration of José G. Tormos Vega in 1980.

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