Anón
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Anón is one of the 31 barrio
s in the municipality
of Ponce, Puerto Rico
. Along with Marueño
, Coto Laurel
, Guaraguao
, Quebrada Limon
, Real
, and San Patricio
, and the coastal barrios of Canas
and Capitanejo
, Anón is one of the municipality's nine bordering barrios. Anón borders the municipalities of Jayuya
and Juana Diaz
. The name of this barrio is of native Indian origin.
and it is home to the highest peak elevation in Puerto Rico
called Cerro de Punta
.
), on the South by the hills north of La Compuesta street and Las Mesas Road, on the West by Santo Domingo Hill, El Guayabo Road, Río Cerrillos
, Río San Patricio
, Cerrillo Road, and Tres Palos-Ramal 1 Road, and on the East by the hills west of PR-123.
In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Anón is bounded in the North by Barrios Jauca, Zamas, Veguitas, and Saliente of the municipality of Jayuya, in the South by Maragüez
and Real
, in the West by San Patricio
, and in the East by Barrio Collores of the municipality of Juana Díaz. Among all 31 barrios of Ponce, Anon has the distinction of bordering the most barrios of another municipality, namely, the four barrios of the municipality of Jayuya, or five barrios when Collores (municipality of Juana Díaz) is included.
In 2000, the population of Anón was 1,669 persons, and it had a density of 130 persons per square mile. Anón is the largest barrio in the municipality of Ponce by land area after Canas
, but it is the third least populated, after San Patricio
and Tibes
.
Anon is home to some of Puerto Rico's highest peaks. The highest point in Barrio Anon is Cerro de Punta
which, at 4,390 feet, is also the highest point in Puerto Rico. Monte Jayuya is the barrio's second highest point at 4,300 feet. Barrio Anón is also home to the origin of the Anón
and Inabón
rivers. Rio Anón feeds into Rio Inabon within the boundaries of Barrio Anón to eventually empty as Rio Inabon into the Caribbean opposite Caja de Muertos. Rio Blanco and Rio Prieto
are two other important rivers in Barrio Anón. Anon is also home to the Toro Negro State Forest
; some 40% of the area of Toro Negro is located in Barrio Anon.
Barrio
Barrio is a Spanish word meaning district or neighborhood.-Usage:In its formal usage in English, barrios are generally considered cohesive places, sharing, for example, a church and traditions such as feast days...
s in the municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce is both a city and a municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.The city of Ponce, the fourth most populated in Puerto Rico, and the most populated outside of the San Juan metropolitan area, is named for Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the...
. Along with Marueño
Marueño
Marueño is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Anón, Coto Laurel, Guaraguao, Quebrada Limón, Real, and San Patricio, and the coastal barrios of Canas and Capitanejo, Marueño is one of the municipality's nine bordering barrios. Marueño borders the...
, Coto Laurel
Coto Laurel
Coto Laurel is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Anón, Marueño, Guaraguao, Quebrada Limon, Real, and San Patricio, and the coastal barrios of Canas and Capitanejo, Coto Laurel is one of the municipality's nine bordering barrios...
, Guaraguao
Guaraguao
Guaraguao is one of the 31 barrios in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Anón, Coto Laurel, Marueño, Quebrada Limón, Real, and San Patricio, and the coastal barrios of Canas and Capitanejo, Guaraguao is one of the municipality's nine bordering barrios. It borders the...
, Quebrada Limon
Quebrada Limón
Quebrada Limón is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Anón, Coto Laurel, Guaraguao, Marueño, Real, and San Patricio, and the coastal barrios of Canas and Capitanejo, Quebrada Limón is one of the municipality's nine bordering barrios...
, Real
Real (Ponce)
Real is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Anón, Coto Laurel, Guaraguao, Quebrada Limón, Marueño, and San Patricio, and the coastal barrios of Canas and Capitanejo, Real is one of the municipality's nine bordering barrios...
, and San Patricio
San Patricio (Ponce)
San Patricio is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Anón, Coto Laurel, Guaraguao, Quebrada Limón, Real, and Marueño, and the coastal barrios of Canas and Capitanejo, San Patricio is one of the municipality's nine bordering barrios...
, and the coastal barrios of Canas
Canas (Ponce)
Canas is one of the 31 barrios in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Anón, Coto Laurel, Guaraguao, Quebrada Limón, Real, San Patricio, and Marueño, and the coastal barrio of Capitanejo, Canas is one of the municipality's nine bordering barrios. It borders the municipality of...
and Capitanejo
Capitanejo (Ponce)
Capitanejo is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Anón, Coto Laurel, Guaraguao, Quebrada Limón, Real, San Patricio, and Marueño, and the coastal barrio of Canas, Capitanejo is one of the municipality's nine bordering barrios. It borders the municipality of...
, Anón is one of the municipality's nine bordering barrios. Anón borders the municipalities of Jayuya
Jayuya, Puerto Rico
Jayuya is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the mountainous center region of the island, north of Ponce; east of Utuado; and west of Ciales. Jayuya is spread over 18 wards and Jayuya Pueblo...
and Juana Diaz
Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico
Juana Díaz is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the southern coast of the island, south of Jayuya, Ciales, Orocovis and Villalba; east of Ponce; and west of Coamo and Santa Isabel and the Caribbean Sea to the south. Juana Díaz is spread over 12 wards and Juana Diaz Pueblo...
. The name of this barrio is of native Indian origin.
Location
Anón is a mountainous rural barrio located in the northern section of the municipality, north of the city of Ponce, at latitude 18.143033 N, and longitude -66.588311 W. Anon is located within the Cordillera CentralCordillera Central
The Cordillera Central, meaning central range in Spanish, is used to refer to several mountain ranges around the world:* Cordillera Central, Andes , several mountain ranges in South America** Cordillera Central, Colombia...
and it is home to the highest peak elevation in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
called Cerro de Punta
Cerro de Punta
Cerro de Punta or just Cerro Punta is the highest peak in Puerto Rico, raising to above sea level. It is located in the municipality of Ponce.-Location:...
.
Boundaries
Anón is bounded on the North by PR-143 (Ruta PanorámicaRuta Panorámica
The Ruta Panorámica , officially the Ruta Panorámica Luis Muñoz Marin , is a network of some 40 secondary highways which traverse the island of Puerto Rico from west to east along its Cordillera Central . Most of the route consists of three roads, PR-105, PR-143, and PR-182...
), on the South by the hills north of La Compuesta street and Las Mesas Road, on the West by Santo Domingo Hill, El Guayabo Road, Río Cerrillos
Rio Cerrillos
Río Cerrillos is a river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Rio Cerrillos has its origin in barrio Anón and runs south until it feeds into Rio Bucana. Rio Cerrillos is commonly known by the locals as Rio Maragüez, because most of its course runs through Barrio Maragüez. This river is one...
, Río San Patricio
Río San Patricio
The Río San Patricio is a river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is part of the Rio Bucana river system via Rio Cerrillos. RIo San Patricio is one of the 14 rivers in the municipality.-Origin:...
, Cerrillo Road, and Tres Palos-Ramal 1 Road, and on the East by the hills west of PR-123.
In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Anón is bounded in the North by Barrios Jauca, Zamas, Veguitas, and Saliente of the municipality of Jayuya, in the South by Maragüez
Maragüez
Maragüez is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Magueyes, Tibes, Portugués, Monte Llano, Machuelo Arriba, Sabanetas, and Cerrillos, Maragüez is one of the municipality's eight rural interior barrios...
and Real
Real (Ponce)
Real is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Anón, Coto Laurel, Guaraguao, Quebrada Limón, Marueño, and San Patricio, and the coastal barrios of Canas and Capitanejo, Real is one of the municipality's nine bordering barrios...
, in the West by San Patricio
San Patricio (Ponce)
San Patricio is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Anón, Coto Laurel, Guaraguao, Quebrada Limón, Real, and Marueño, and the coastal barrios of Canas and Capitanejo, San Patricio is one of the municipality's nine bordering barrios...
, and in the East by Barrio Collores of the municipality of Juana Díaz. Among all 31 barrios of Ponce, Anon has the distinction of bordering the most barrios of another municipality, namely, the four barrios of the municipality of Jayuya, or five barrios when Collores (municipality of Juana Díaz) is included.
Demographics
Anon is home to the communities of Jurutungo, Los Chinos, Vista Alegre, Raices, and Hogares Seguros.In 2000, the population of Anón was 1,669 persons, and it had a density of 130 persons per square mile. Anón is the largest barrio in the municipality of Ponce by land area after Canas
Canas
Canas or Cañas may refer to:People:* Alberto Cañas Escalante, Costa Rican politician* Antonio José Cañas, Salvadoran military officer, diplomat and politician* Carlos Cañas, Salvadoran painter...
, but it is the third least populated, after San Patricio
San Patricio (Ponce)
San Patricio is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Anón, Coto Laurel, Guaraguao, Quebrada Limón, Real, and Marueño, and the coastal barrios of Canas and Capitanejo, San Patricio is one of the municipality's nine bordering barrios...
and Tibes
Tibes
Tibes is one of the 31 barrios in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Together with Magueyes, Portugues, Monte Llano, Maragüez, Machuelo Arriba, Sabanetas, and Cerrillos, Tibes is one of the municipality's eight rural interior barrios...
.
Infrastructure
Major roads serving Barrio Anón are PR-143, PR-139, PR-511, and PR-517.Geography
Anón has 12.85 square miles (33.3 km²) of land area and no water area.Anon is home to some of Puerto Rico's highest peaks. The highest point in Barrio Anon is Cerro de Punta
Cerro de Punta
Cerro de Punta or just Cerro Punta is the highest peak in Puerto Rico, raising to above sea level. It is located in the municipality of Ponce.-Location:...
which, at 4,390 feet, is also the highest point in Puerto Rico. Monte Jayuya is the barrio's second highest point at 4,300 feet. Barrio Anón is also home to the origin of the Anón
Río Anon
Río Anón is a river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Río Anón is one of 13 rivers in the municipality of Ponce and, at , it is also the third with the highest river mouth location, after Río Prieto and Río Blanco, both of which have their mouths at . Río Anón is a tributary of Río Inabón....
and Inabón
Río Inabón
Río Inabón is a river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. With a length of some , it is Ponce's second longest river after Rio Jacaguas. It is fed by the Río Anón, Río Guayo and the Emajagua Brook. It it also fed by Rio Bacas and Rio de las Raices. This river is one of the 14 rivers in the...
rivers. Rio Anón feeds into Rio Inabon within the boundaries of Barrio Anón to eventually empty as Rio Inabon into the Caribbean opposite Caja de Muertos. Rio Blanco and Rio Prieto
Río Prieto (Ponce, Puerto Rico)
Río Prieto is a river in the minicipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Forming at an altitude of , Rio Prieto originates at the second highest point of any river in the municipality after Rio Inabon. It empties into Rio Cerrillos. Together with Rio Blanco, Río Prieto is one of the two rivers in Ponce...
are two other important rivers in Barrio Anón. Anon is also home to the Toro Negro State Forest
Toro Negro State Forest
Toro Negro State Forest is one of the 16 state forests in Puerto Rico. The forest is located in the central region of the island. The forest covers 6,945 cuerdas of mountains, with heights that include Cerro de Punta, the highest peak in the island...
; some 40% of the area of Toro Negro is located in Barrio Anon.