Tibes Explained

Official Name:	Tibes
Native Name Lang:	es
Settlement Type:	Barrio
Pushpin Map:	Caribbean
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates:	18.0867°N -66.6344°W
Coordinates Footnotes:	^[1]
Subdivision Type:	Commonwealth
Subdivision Name:	Puerto Rico
Subdivision Type1:	Municipality
Subdivision Name1:	Ponce
Unit Pref:	Imperial
Area Total Sq Mi:	6.99
Area Land Sq Mi:	6.99
Area Water Sq Mi:	0
Population As Of:	2010
Population Note:	Source: 2010 Census
Population Total:	804
Population Density Sq Mi:	115
Timezone:	AST
Utc Offset:	-4
Elevation Ft:	1099
Postal Code Type:	ZIP Code

Tibes (Barrio Tibes) is one of the 31 barrios in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Together with Magueyes, Portugués, Montes Llanos, Maragüez, Machuelo Arriba, Sabanetas, and Cerrillos, barrio Tibes is one of the municipality's eight rural interior barrios. Tibes attracted attention recently when, in 1975, what was to become the discovery of the oldest cemetery in the West Indies came about as a result of rainstorms. The name of this barrio is of native Indian origin.^[2] It was organized in 1831.^[3]

Location

Tibes is a mountainous rural barrio located in the central section of the municipality, north of the city of Ponce.^[4] Tibes is located on the foothills of the Cordillera Central. The toponymy, or origin of the name, is related to the hard, smooth stones plentiful in the rivers of this barrio and used by the indigenous peoples of the area as a weapon and the jíbaro countrymen for sharpening agricultural tools such as the machete.^[5] Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017 causing catastrophic damages. Some residents of Tibes were cut off for 3 months, unable to find passage from their homes due to blocked roadways.^[6]

Boundaries

Tibes is bounded on the North by the hills just north of El Principe Road, on the South by Tibes Road, on the West by the hills west of PR-10, and on the East by Pastillo Road, the hills west of Río Chiquito.^{[7] [8]}

In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Tibes is bounded in the North by Barrio San Patricio, in the South by Portugués, in the West by Guaraguao and Magueyes, and in the East by Barrios Monte Llano and Portugués.^{[9] [10]}

Features and demographics

In 2000, Tibes had 7.01sqmi of land area and no water area. In 2000, the population of Tibes was 866 persons, and it had a density of 124 inhabitants per square mile.^{[11] [12] [13]} Tibes is the second least populated barrio in Ponce, after San Patricio. Major roads serving Barrio Tibes are PR-10 and PR-503.^[9]

In 2010, Tibes had 6.99sqmi of land area and no water area. In 2010, the population of Tibes was 804 persons, and it had a density of 115 persons per square mile.^[14]

The highest point in Barrio Tibes is Cerro del Diablo which stands at 2,234 feet. Another notable land feature is Cerro La Mesa which stands at 1,742 feet.^[15] Río Portugués is the main body of water running through this barrio.^[16]

Portugues Dam

The Portugués Dam is also located in Barrio Tibes.^[17]

See also

• List of communities in Puerto Rico

Notes and References

1. Web site: US Gazetteer 2019. US Census . US Government.
2. Sunny A. Cabrera Salcedo. Hacia un Estudio Integral de la Toponimia del Municipio de Ponce, Puerto Rico. Ph. D. dissertation. May 1999. University of Massachusetts Amherst. Graduate School. Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Page 54.
3. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poncepr/barrios.html Barrios de Ponce.
4. http://www.citymelt.com/city/Puerto-Rico/Tibes+Barrio-PR.html City Melt
5. Government of the Municipality of Ponce. Periódico "El Señorial". Special issue: Carnaval Ponceño 2013. February 2013. Page 17. Ponce, Puerto Rico.
6. Web site: Guzmán . Sandra Torres . Huracán María: Vecinos del barrio Tibes tardaron tres meses en abrir caminos . Primera Hora . 2021-09-20 . es . 2021-09-21.
7. http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/webcensus/ 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.
8. http://www.trails.com/topo.aspx?panerror=true&z=19&e=759173.152588761&n=1993318.14420084&s=50&size=s&style=drgsr Ponce Topographic Map. Map Styles: Map and Shaded. Trails.com. From: United States Geological Survey. Topo Map. Projection: NAD83/WGS84.
9. http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/webcensus/ 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.
10. http://www.ponceweb.org/Anuncio/Barriosdeponce.pdf Mapa de Localizacion Limite de Barrios de Ponce.
11. http://www.citymelt.com/city/Puerto-Rico/Tibes+Barrio-PR.html City Melt
12. http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=05000US72113&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-PH1&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-redoLog=false&-format=CO-2&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_GCTPH1_CO2 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)
13. Web site: CENSUS2 . 28 February 2010 . https://archive.today/20200212213555/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-context=gct&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_GCTPH1_CO2&-tree_id=4001&-redoLog=true&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=05000US72113&-format=CO-2&-_lang=en . 12 February 2020 . dead .
14. Book: Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf . 2010. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau.
15. http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/maptest Maptest.
16. https://www.periodicolaperla.com/el-barrio-tibes-cuna-de-uno-de-las-mas-antiguos-asentamientos-del-pais/ El barrio Tibes: cuna de uno de las más antiguos asentamientos del país.
17. http://www.visitponce.com/recursos.aspx Website of the Municipality of Ponce. Descubrelo > Recursos Naturales.