Population 5,285 (2000) | Local time Monday 11:17 PM | |
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Weather 23°C, Wind E at 10 km/h, 79% Humidity Area 9.479 km² (9.324 km² Land / 16 ha Water) | ||
Coto Laurel (Barrio 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. It borders the municipality of Juana Diaz. It was created in 1831.
Contents
- Map of Coto Laurel Ponce Puerto Rico
- Location
- Boundaries
- Features and demographics
- Notable landmarks
- References
Map of Coto Laurel, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Location
Coto Laurel is a suburban barrio located in the southeastern section of the municipality, east of the traditional center of the city, Plaza Las Delicias. The toponomy, or origin of the name, is a proper noun related to the word coto which in Spanish denotes tracts of land ceded to citizens in exchange for services to the king and where there was an abundance of the laurel tree.
Boundaries
It is bounded on the north by Río Inabón and Lake Number 5, on the south by Esperanza Street, on the west by PR-10 (roughly), and on the east by Río Inabón. In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Coto Laurel is bounded in the north by Cerrillos and Real, in the south by Vayas, in the west by Sabanetas and Cerrillos, and in the east by the municipality of Juana Díaz.
Features and demographics
Coto Laurel has 3.60 square miles (9.3 km2) of land area and 0.06 square miles (160,000 m2) of water area. In 2000, the population of Coto Laurel was 5,285. The population density in Coto Laurel was 1,468.1 persons per square mile.
The communities of Palmarejo, Llanos del Sur, and El Monte are found in Coto Laurel. Lake Giles is also in Coto Laurel. Coto Laurel is crossed by Puerto Rico's superhighway PR-52. PR-14 also serves Coto Laurel.
Notable landmarks
Coto Laurel is home to Vassallo Industries and San Cristobal Hospital, one of Ponce's major hospitals. Coto Laurel's picturesque village square was built under the administration of mayor José G. Tormos Vega in 1980.