Vayas, Ponce Explained

Official Name:Vayas
Native Name Lang:es
Settlement Type:Barrio
Pushpin Map:Caribbean
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Commonwealth
Subdivision Name: Puerto Rico
Subdivision Type1:Municipality
Subdivision Name1: Ponce
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Sq Mi:10.44
Area Land Sq Mi:7.09
Area Water Sq Mi:3.35
Population As Of:2010
Population Note:Source: 2010 Census
Population Total:901
Population Density Sq Mi:127.1
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Elevation Ft:0

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 barrios in the municipality.[2] It was organized in 1831, at which time it was divided into Vayas Norte and Vayas Sur; in 1878 the two were subsequently merged into today's Vayas.[3]

History

Barrio Vayas is one of the oldest barrios in Ponce, dating from the 1780s. Its name can be seen spelled as "Bayas", "Vallas, and even "Ballas", but the official name is nowadays spelled "Vayas". It is believed that name came from the stakes used by farmers to mark the extension of their lands, in the times when those lands were used for pasturing herds.[4]

Location

Vayas is a rural, coastal barrio located in the southern region of the municipality, east of downtown Ponce, and southeast of the traditional center of the city, Plaza Las Delicias. It is located at 18.0107°N 66.5567°W, with an elevation of 43 feet.[5] The toponymy, or origin of the name, is related to the edges or boundary (a type of fencing) to cordon off a land area or barrio.[6]

Boundaries

It is bounded on the North by PR-1 and La Esperanza Street, on the South by the Caribbean Sea, on the West by Bucara Street/Los Caobos Avenue, PR-52 (roughly), and the Costa Caribe Country Club East Access Road, and on the East by Río Inabón.[7] [8] [9] [10]

In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Vayas is bounded in the North by Sabanetas and Coto Laurel, in the South by the Caribbean Sea, in the West by Bucaná, and in the East by Capitanejo.[11] [12]

Features and demographics

Unlike most other barrios of Ponce, Vayas' landscape is entirely flat. Vayas has the third longest coastline of all five of Ponce's coastal barrios, after Canas and Playa. Vayas has 7.1sqmi of land area and 3.4sqmi of water area.[13] [14]

In 2000, the population of Vayas was 1,338 persons, and it had a density of 188 persons per square mile.[9] [15]

In 2010, the population of Vayas was 901 persons, and it had a density of 127.1 persons per square mile.[16]

The main roads serving barrio Vayas are PR-52 and PR-1.

Notable landmarks

Vayas barrio is home to Ponce's Mercedita Airport and Destileria Serralles.[17]

The community of Vayas Torres is among the communities located in Barrio Vayas.[18]

Notable people from Vayas

See also

External links

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 22.
  3. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poncepr/barrios.html Barrios de Ponce.
  4. Eli Oquendo-Rodriguez. Barrios de Ponce: Noticias y microhistorias de ocho comunidades ponceñas en la historia, siglos XVI al XIX. 2019. p. 207.
  5. http://www.trails.com/topo.aspx?panerror=true&z=19&e=759173.152588761&n=1993318.14420084&s=50&size=s&style=drgsr U.S. Geological Survey. Topographic Map of Ponce. Map Styles: Map and Shaded. Trails.com. From: USGS. Topo Map. Projection: NAD83/WGS84. Coordinates and Elevation of Barrio Vayas.
  6. Government of the Municipality of Ponce. Periódico "El Señorial". Special issue: Carnaval Ponceño 2013. February 2013. Page 17. Ponce, Puerto Rico.
  7. http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/webcensus/ Webcensus.
  8. http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/maptest Maptest.
  9. http://www.trails.com/topo.aspx?panerror=true&z=19&e=759173.152588761&n=1993318.14420084&s=50&size=s&style=drgsr U.S. Geological Survey. Topographic Map of Ponce. Map Styles: Map and Shaded. Trails.com. From: USGS. Topo Map. Projection: NAD83/WGS84.
  10. http://gis.jp.pr.gov/GeoLocalizador/Internet/ GeoLocalizador - Junta de Planificación.
  11. http://www.visitponce.com/oficina_permisos/Anuncio/Barriosdeponce.pdf Mapa de Localizacion Limite de Barrios de Ponce.
  12. http://areciboweb.50megs.com/pr/ponce.html Arecibo Web. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Barrios.
  13. 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)
  14. http://www.citymelt.com/city/Puerto-Rico/Vayas+Urbano+Barrio-PR.html City Melt
  15. http://www.ponceweb.org/Anuncio/Barriosdeponce.pdf Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Office of Territorial Planning. (Municipio Autonomo de Ponce. Oficina de Ordenacion Territorial.) Mapa de Localizacion Limite de Barrios de Ponce.
  16. Book: Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf . 2010. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau.
  17. http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lon=-66.5623943&lat=18.0060765&datum=nad83 Mercedita Airport is located in Barrio Vayas
  18. Eli Oquendo-Rodriguez. Barrios de Ponce: Noticias y microhistorias de ocho comunidades ponceñas en la historia, siglos XVI al XIX. 2019. p. 209.

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