Sexto, Ponce, Puerto Rico Explained
| Official Name: | Sexto |
| Other Name: | Cantera |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Settlement Type: | Barrio |
| Pushpin Map: | Caribbean |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates: | 18.0214°N -66.6116°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Commonwealth |
| Subdivision Name: |  Puerto Rico |
| Subdivision Type1: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ponce |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.27 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.27 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Note: | Source: 2010 Census |
| Population Total: | 3529 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 13573.1 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 75 |
Sexto (Barrio Sexto) is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Primero, Segundo, Tercero, Cuarto, and Quinto, Sexto is one of the municipality's six core urban barrios. Barrio Sexto used to be called Barrio Cantera.[2] It was organized in 1878.[3]
Location
Sexto is an urban barrio located in the southern section of the municipality, within the Ponce city limits, and north of the traditional center of the city, Plaza Las Delicias. The former name of barrio Sexto (Sixth) was barrio Cantera (Quarry) because there was a stone quarry in that region.[4] At 2.5km (01.6miles) northeast of Plaza Las Delicias were located the "Baños Termales de Quintana" (Quintana Thermal Baths)[5] as well as a quarry of white stone in this area.[6]
Boundaries
Barrio Sexto is bounded on the North by Cayey Street, on the South by Guadalupe Street, on the West by Atocha Street, and on the East by Rio Portugues.[7]
In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Sexto is bounded in the North by Portugués Urbano and Machuelo Abajo, in the South by Quinto, in the West by Segundo and Portugués Urbano, and in the East by Machuelo Abajo.
Features and demographics
Sexto has 0.1sqmi of land area and no water area. In 2000, the population of Sexto was 4,745. The population density in Sexto was 18,222 persons per square mile.[8]
In 2010, the population of Sexto was 3,529 persons, and it had a density of 13,573.1 persons per square mile.[9]
The communities of La Cantera, Hoyo de Pepe, El Yeso, and Pueblito Nuevo are found here.
Notable landmarks
Barrio Sexto is home to the NRHP-listed old Spanish Military Hospital.
Notable people from Sexto
- Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez, singer, composer, orchestra director
In popular culture
- The salsa song by La Sonora Ponceña, (Inca Records, 1969) Hay Fuego en el 23 starts by saying "Fuego! Se quemó la Cantera" (Fire! Cantera burned down!)
- Another salsa song, by Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez (Fania Records, 1972) titled Quítate tú, the 3rd stance says "De donde viene este prieto?, se pregunta mucha gente; De la Cantera de Ponce vengo yo, con este ritmo caliente" (Where does that Negro come from?, many people ask ; I come from the Ponce's Cantera, with this hot rhythm.")[10]
- The salsa song by Ismael Rivera with Bobby Capo, titled Mi Tia Maria (Tico Records, 1975), has a portion that reads "Que vengan los de Cantera, de Loíza y Villa Palmeras..." (Let those from Cantera come, from Loíza and from Villa Palmeras...)[11]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: US Gazetteer 2019. US Census . US Government.
- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poncepr/barrios.html Antepasados Esclavos.
- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poncepr/barrios.html Barrios de Ponce.
- Eduardo Questell Rodriguez. Historia de la Comunidad Bélgica de Ponce: A partir de la Hacienda Muñiz y otros datos. Ponce: Puerto Rico: Mariana Editores. 2018. . Page 11.
- The Quintana Baths were destroyed in the last decades of the 20th century to channelize Río Portugués as well as to build the PR-10 road from Ponce to Adjuntas. (See The Quintana Medical Baths, Near Ponce, Porto Rico. Las fotos de Puerto Rico en 'Our Islands and Their People'. Jose A. Mari Mut. 2013. Vol II, page 392. (Digital version page 132.)
- Socorro Giron. Ponce, el teatro La Perla, y La Campana de la Almudaina. Ponce Municipal Government. 1992. pp. 181-182.
- 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.
- http://www.citymelt.com/city/Puerto-Rico/Sexto+Barrio-PR.html City Melt
- Book: Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf . 2010. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau.
- https://www.musica.com/letras.asp?letra=1481803 Quitate tu.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20101219135624/http://latinastereo.com/genteLatina/salseroMes/ismaelRivera/cronologia.shtm Salsero del mes: Ismael Rivera (cronología).
