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

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s of the municipality of

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. Along with

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, Tercero, Cuarto, Quinto, and Sexto, Segundo is one of the municipality's six core urban barrios. It was organized in 1878. Barrio Segundo has 3 subbarrios: Baldority de Castro (or just "Baldorioty"), Clausells, and Reparada.

Location

Segundo is an urban barrio located in the southern section of the municipality, within the Ponce city limits, and northwest of the traditional center of the city,

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Boundaries

Barrio Segundo is bounded on the North by Cinco Street, Pico Dulce Street, and Paseo de la Cruceta, on the South by Villa Street, on the West by Global Street, and on the East by Atocha, Plaza Munoz Rivera, and Plaza Degetau Streets.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 February 17, 2010. In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Segundo is bounded in the North by

Portugués Urbano Portugués Urbano is one of the 31 barrios in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Canas Urbano, Machuelo Abajo, Magueyes Urbano, and San Antón, Portugués Urbano is one of the municipality's five originally rural barrios that ...

, in the South by

and

Canas Urbano Canas Urbano is one of the 31 barrio of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Machuelo Abajo, Magueyes Urbano, Portugués Urbano, and San Antón, Canas Urbano is one of the municipality's five originally rural barrios that are now ...

, in the West by Canas Urbano, and in the East by Sexto, Quinto, and Tercero. The communities of Clausells, Ferran, and Tamarindo are located in Segundo.

Features and demographics

Segundo has of land area and no water area. In 2000, the population of Segundo was 11,321. In 2010, the population of Segundo was 7,213 persons, and it had a density of 13,609.4 persons per square mile.

Notable landmarks

Segundo is home to a large number of Ponce's landmarks and historic sites.

, 25 de Enero Street, and

Paseo Atocha Paseo Atocha is a pedestrian shopping mall in the Ponce Historic Zone, a historic district in Ponce, Puerto Rico. For over a century the narrow Calle Atocha was bustling retail center opened to vehicular traffic, yet flooded with shoppers. Cong ...

, are located there. The NRHP-listed Parque de Bombas,

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Armstrong-Poventud Residence Residencia Armstrong-Poventud (Armstrong-Poventud Residence) is a historic building located in the Ponce Historic Zone in Ponce, Puerto Rico, across from the Catedral Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe. The construction of this home set the stage fo ...

Casa Wiechers-Villaronga Casa Wiechers-Villaronga is a Classical Revival style mansion in Ponce, Puerto Rico designed and built in the early twentieth century. The house was acquired and restored by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture and now operates as the Museo de ...

(Architecture Museum),

Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro The Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro (English: Román Baldorioty de Castro National Pantheon) is a tract of land in Barrio Segundo of the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico, originally designed as the city's cemetery, but later converted ...

Albergue Caritativo Tricoche Albergue Caritativo Tricoche or Hospital Tricoche (English: ''Tricoche Charitable Shelter'' or ''Tricoche Hospital'') is a historic building located on Calle Tricoche street in Ponce, Puerto Rico, in the city's historic district. It was designed ...

, Casa Miguel C. Godreau, and Subira House are all located in Barrio Segundo.

Gallery

File:Restaurante El Melao y Restaurante Lola, Ponce Plaza Hotel, Plaza Munoz Rivera, Bo. Segundo, Ponce, PR, mirando al suroeste (DSC02006).jpg, International food restaurants at the

Ponce Plaza Hotel & Casino The Ponce Plaza Hotel & Casino, formerly Ponce Ramada Hotel and Ponce Plaza Ramada Hotel, is a five-story hotel in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The hotel opened in the summer of 2009 and is known for the historic value of its structure: its main entrance ...

File:Letrero afuera del Restaurante Lola, en el Ponce Plaza Hotel, Plaza Munoz Rivera, Bo. Segundo, Ponce, PR, mirando al oeste (DSC02007).jpg, Restaurant signs at the

File:Antigua Casa Sauri en Barrio Segundo, Ponce, Puerto Rico (DSC05003).jpg,

on Calle Union and

File:Restaurante Chef's Creations, C. Reina, entre C. Union y C. Mendez Vigo, Bo. Segundo, Ponce, PR, mirando al norte (DSC01539).jpg, Puerto Rican 'Criollo' food restaurant on Calle Reina near Calle Union File:Antiguo camion para combatir incendios en Museo Parque de Bombas, Ponce, Puerto Rico (DSC01922).jpg, Fire truck at

Museo Parque de Bombas Museo Parque de Bombas (Parque de Bombas Museum) is a museum located inside the historic Parque de Bombas in the Ponce Historic Zone in Ponce, Puerto Rico. This museum is located at the Plaza Las Delicias town square, directly behind the Ponc ...

File:Balcones de Residencias en Calle Reina 118, Bo. Segundo, Ponce, PR (DSC01199).jpg, Homes near downtown Ponce on Calle Reina File:Calle 25 de Enero.jpg, Historic firemen homes on

Calle 25 de Enero Calle 25 de Enero (lit., 25th of January Street) is a street and historic Victorian block located in barrio Segundo in Ponce, Puerto Rico, built to house Ponce's volunteer firemen and their families, after the historic fire that took place in t ...

File:Fountain at Plaza Munoz Rivera looking East in Barrio Segundo, Ponce, Puerto Rico (DSC01739).jpg, Fountain at

File:Obelisk to the El Polvorin firefighters in Plaza Las Delicias in Ponce, PR (DSC00714A).jpg, Monument to the 1899 fire heroes at

File:Panteón Nacional Román Baldorioty de Castro.jpg, Cemetery museum 6 blocks northwest of downtown Ponce File:Porta Caribe Headquarters, Ponce, Puerto Rico (DSC03971).jpg,

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tourist welcome center on Calle Villa File:Parque de Bombas, Ponce.JPG, 1882 Museo Parque de Bombas at

Location

Boundaries

Features and demographics

Notable landmarks

Gallery

See also

Notes

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