| Official Name: | Puntas |
| Settlement Type: | Barrio |
| Pushpin Map: | Caribbean |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates: | 18.3627°N -67.2596°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Commonwealth |
| Subdivision Name: |  Puerto Rico |
| Subdivision Type1: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name1: | Rincón |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.45 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.93 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.52 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Note: | Source: 2010 Census |
| Population Total: | 1575 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 816.1 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 253 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Puntas is a barrio in the municipality of Rincón, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,575.[2] [3] [4]
Puntas is known for great surf and whale watching.
Puntas was in Spain's gazetteers[5] until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Puntas barrio was 1,006.[6]
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)[7] in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (sectors in English). The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.[8] [9] [10] [11]
The following sectors are in Puntas barrio:[12]
Spanish; Castilian: Calle Boulevard, Calle Colinas Lindas, Calle Los Flamboyanes, Camino Interior, Camino Martillo, Camino Vista Nuclear, [[Puerto Rico Highway 413|Carretera 413]], Centro Puntas, Condominio Landing View Village, Paseo Tirado Sánchez, Punta Higüera, Puntas Nuevas, [[Puerto Rico Highway 4413|Ramal 413]], Sector Alfonso Arizmendi, Sector Brisas, Sector Buena Vista, Sector Cielo Mar, Sector Colinas Lindas, Sector Collazo, Sector Cuchillo de Piñas, Sector Dominga Cardona, Sector Ismael Sánchez, Sector Los Cipreses, Sector Los Flamboyanes, Sector Trinitarias, Sector Vereno, and Spanish; Castilian: Sector Vista Linda.