{{Short description|Barrio of Ponce, Puerto Rico}} {{Distinguish|Mayagüez, Puerto Rico}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Maragüez | native_name = | native_name_lang = es<!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "es" for Spanish. --> | settlement_type = Barrio | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_map = Maraguez, Ponce, Puerto Rico.svg | map_caption = Location of barrio Maragüez within the municipality of Ponce shown in red | pushpin_map = Caribbean | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Puerto Rico | coordinates = {{coord|18.098014|-66.589018|region:US-PR|format=dms|display=inline, title}} | coordinates_footnotes = <ref name="gaze">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer 2019|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_cousubs_72.txt |website=US Census |publisher=US Government}}</ref> | subdivision_type = Commonwealth | subdivision_name = {{flag|Puerto Rico}} | subdivision_type1 = Municipality | subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Bandera de Ponce, Puerto Rico.svg}} Ponce | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = <ref name="gaze" /> | area_total_sq_mi = 6.40 | area_land_sq_mi = 5.34 | area_water_sq_mi = 1.06 | population_as_of = 2010 | population_footnotes = | population_note = Source: 2010 Census | population_total = 545 | population_density_sq_mi = 102.1 | timezone = AST | utc_offset = &minus;04:00 | elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{GNIS|2415636|Maragüez barrio}}</ref> | elevation_ft = 774 | postal_code_type = ZIP Code | postal_code = | area_code = }}

'''Maragüez''' (''Barrio Maragüez'') is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Magueyes, Tibes, Portugués, Montes Llanos, Machuelo Arriba, Sabanetas, and Cerrillos, Maragüez is one of the municipality's eight rural interior barrios. The name of this barrio is of native Indian origin.<ref>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 54.</ref> It was created in 1878.<ref>[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poncepr/barrios.html ''Barrios de Ponce.''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930083458/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poncepr/barrios.html |date=30 September 2015 }} Antepasados Esclavos.(From: Pedro Tomás de Córdoba. Memorias geográficas, históricas, económicas y estadísticas de la Isla de Puerto Rico.) Retrieved 28 November 2014.</ref>

==Location== Maragüez is a rural barrio located in the northeastern section of the municipality, northeast of the city of Ponce at latitude 18.106178 N, and longitude -66.595986 W.<ref>[http://www.citymelt.com/city/Puerto-Rico/Marag%E3%BCez+Barrio-PR.html City Melt] Retrieved, March 21, 2010.</ref>

==Boundaries== It is bounded on the North by barrios Anón and San Patricio, in the South by barrio Cerrillos, in the West by barrios Monte Llano and Machuelo Arriba, and in the East by barrios Anón and Real. Río Cerrillos runs a large stretch of its course through barrio Maragüez, and is known locally (and unofficially) as Rio Maragüez.

==Features and demographics== [[Image:PR-139 in Barrio Maraguez in Ponce, Puerto Rico, heading SB (IMG 3784).jpg|thumb|300px|left|Puerto Rico Highway 139 (PR-139) in Barrio Maraguez, heading South-bound, with the City of Ponce and the Rio Portugues channel in the background and the Caribbean Sea in the far background]] thumb|right|300px|Parque Cerrillos

In 1920 Maragüez had a population of 616 inhabitants.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120722125153/http://ponce-census.org/19204103.htm 1920 Census]}}</ref> By 2000, the population of Maragüez had grown to only 754 persons, making it the fourth least populated barrio of the municipality after 80 years.<ref>[http://areciboweb.50megs.com/pr/ponce.html Ponce, Puerto Rico: Barrios. Areciboweb.] Retrieved, February 14, 2010.</ref> At 142 persons per square mile, Maragüez is also the fourth least densely populated barrio in the municipality.<ref>[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)] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212033726/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 |date=12 February 2020 }} Retrieved February 26, 2010.</ref> The main road serving barrio Maragüez is PR-139.<ref>[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.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812171159/http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/webcensus/ |date=2010-08-12 }} Retrieved February 22, 2010.</ref>

In 2010, the population of Maragüez was 545 persons, and it had a density of 102.1 persons per square mile.<ref name= "2010 Census">{{cite book|title=Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf | url = https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|year=2010|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>

The highest point in Barrio Maragüez stands at 2,132 feet and is located at the extreme northeast tip of the barrio. Another notable land feature is the ''Cerro Santo Domingo'' which stands at 2,004 feet.<ref>[http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/maptest ''Maptest.''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218155723/http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/maptest/ |date=2010-02-18 }} Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 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. Retrieved 10 November 2011.</ref> {{US Census population| align= right | 1900= 1756 | 1910= 1752 | 1920= 1643 | 1930= 1671 | 1940= 1717 | 1950= 1642 | 1960= 1674 | 1970= 1747 | 1980= 1947 | 1990= 781 | 2000= 754 | 2010= 545 | 2020= | align-fn=center | footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<br />1899 (shown as 1900)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|title=Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899|publisher=War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716033905/https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|archive-date=July 16, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> 1910-1930<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|title=Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817181600/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|archive-date=August 17, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><br />1930-1950<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|title=Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150830033735/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|archive-date=August 30, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> 1960<ref>{{cite book | title=Census of Population, 1960: Number of Inhabitants, General Population Characteristics, General Social and Economic Characteristics, and Detailed Characteristics. Characteristics of the population | publisher=U.S. Bureau of the Census| issue=v. 1 | year=1963 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nd8WAAAAYAAJ | access-date=June 10, 2023 | pages=97–101}}</ref> 1980-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|title=Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724061852/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|archive-date=July 24, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> 2010<ref name= "US2010Census">{{cite book|title=Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf|url=https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|year=2010|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2019-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220183043/https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|archive-date=2017-02-20|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

==Landmarks== The Cerrillos Dam over Río Cerrillos is located in barrio Maraguez.<ref>[http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/Divisions/Engineering/Branches/WaterResources/WaterMgt/aboutus.htm Cerrillos Dam] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714050659/http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/Divisions/Engineering/Branches/WaterResources/WaterMgt/aboutus.htm |date=2009-07-14 }} Retrieved March 21, 2010.</ref> Cerrillos Lake is located in Barrio Maragüez.

==See also== {{Portal|Puerto Rico}} * List of communities in Puerto Rico

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}}

{{Ponce, Puerto Rico}}

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