Ensenada, Guánica, Puerto Rico Explained
| Official Name: | Ensenada |
| Settlement Type: | Barrio |
| Pushpin Map: | Caribbean |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates: | 17.9684°N -66.9292°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Commonwealth |
| Subdivision Name: |  Puerto Rico |
| Subdivision Type1: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name1: | Guánica |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.04 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.79 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.25 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Note: | Source: 2010 Census |
| Population Total: | 1705 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 2158.2 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 7 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 00647 |
Ensenada Barrio is a barrio in the municipality of Guánica, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,705.[2] [3] [4] [5]
History
During the height of sugar production in Puerto Rico, Ensenada's economy was based on its sugar mill and processing plant.[6] During this prosperous time of sugar production in Ensenada, the community sought to become its own town, separate from Guánica but once the sugar mill closed in 1982 resolved to remain part of the Guánica municipality.[7]
A historic inn, the Spanish; Castilian: [[Paradores in Puerto Rico|parador]] Guánica, which was built in 1929, is located in Ensenada and withstood the 2019–20 Puerto Rico earthquakes, serving as a refuge for personnel from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.[8]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: US Gazetteer 2019. US Census . US Government.
- Book: Picó . Rafael . Buitrago de Santiago . Zayda . Berrios . Hector H. . Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. . San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969.
- Book: Gwillim Law. Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. 25 December 2018. 20 May 2015. McFarland. 978-1-4766-0447-3. 300.
- Book: Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf . 2010. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau.
- Book: Mapa de Municipios y Barrios . 1955 . Junta de Planificación . Santurce, Puerto Rico . 25 . 10 April 2021 . 11 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210411020032/https://rcm2.rcm.upr.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2020/04/Memoria_44-Guanica-1955.pdf . dead .
- Web site: Ensenada, Puerto Rico. Carloads of sugar cane at the South Puerto Rico Sugar Company . Home | Library of Congress . January 4, 2022.
- Web site: Una profesora de Historia explica por qué el barrio Ensenada quiso independizarse de Guánica . El Nuevo Día . es . January 4, 2022.
- Web site: El parador Guánica 1929 es un símbolo de la fortaleza de los guaniqueños . El Nuevo Día . es . January 4, 2022.
