{{Short description|Barrio of Ponce, Puerto Rico}} {{About|the barrio|the archeological site|Centro Ceremonial Indigena de Tibes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Tibes | native_name = | native_name_lang = es<!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "es" for Spanish. --> | settlement_type = Barrio | image_skyline = Taino Village.JPG | image_caption = Tibes is home to the Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center | image_map = Tibes, Ponce, Puerto Rico.svg | map_caption = Location of barrio Tibes within the municipality of Ponce shown in red | pushpin_map = Caribbean | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Puerto Rico | coordinates = {{coord|18.086749|-66.634448|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 = 6.99 | area_land_sq_mi = 6.99 | area_water_sq_mi = 0 | population_as_of = 2010 | population_footnotes = | population_note = Source: 2010 Census | population_total = 804 | population_density_sq_mi = 115 | timezone = AST | utc_offset = −4 | elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{GNIS|2416059|Tibes barrio}}</ref> | elevation_ft = 1099 | postal_code_type = ZIP Code | postal_code = | area_code = }} '''Tibes''' (''Barrio Tibes'') is one of the 31 barrios in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Together with Magueyes, Portugués, Montes Llanos, Maragüez, Machuelo Arriba, Sabanetas, and Cerrillos, barrio Tibes is one of the municipality's eight rural interior barrios. Tibes attracted attention recently when, in 1975, what was to become the discovery of the oldest cemetery in the West Indies came about as a result of rainstorms. 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 organized in 1831.<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== [[Image:Paisaje en el Barrio Tibes (PR-10 Norte cerca de la PR-503), Ponce, PR (DSC02996A).jpg|thumb|left|200px|Landscape scene in Barrio Tibes at PR-10 northbound approaching PR-503]]
Tibes is a mountainous rural barrio located in the central section of the municipality, north of the city of Ponce.<ref>[http://www.citymelt.com/city/Puerto-Rico/Tibes+Barrio-PR.html City Melt] Retrieved, February 26, 2010.</ref> Tibes is located on the foothills of the Cordillera Central. The toponymy, or origin of the name, is related to the hard, smooth stones plentiful in the rivers of this barrio and used by the indigenous peoples of the area as a weapon and the jíbaro countrymen for sharpening agricultural tools such as the machete.<ref>Government of the Municipality of Ponce. Periódico "El Señorial". Special issue: Carnaval Ponceño 2013. February 2013. Page 17. Ponce, Puerto Rico.</ref> Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017 causing catastrophic damages. Some residents of Tibes were cut off for 3 months, unable to find passage from their homes due to blocked roadways.<ref>{{cite web | last=Guzmán | first=Sandra Torres | title=Huracán María: Vecinos del barrio Tibes tardaron tres meses en abrir caminos | website=Primera Hora | date=2021-09-20 | url=https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/puerto-rico/notas/huracan-maria-vecinos-del-barrio-tibes-tardaron-tres-meses-en-abrir-caminos/ | language=es | access-date=2021-09-21}}</ref>
==Boundaries==
Tibes is bounded on the North by the hills just north of El Principe Road, on the South by Tibes Road, on the West by the hills west of PR-10, and on the East by Pastillo Road, the hills west of Río Chiquito.<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=12 August 2010 }} Retrieved 20 February 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.trails.com/topo.aspx?panerror=true&z=19&e=759173.152588761&n=1993318.14420084&s=50&size=s&style=drgsr Ponce Topographic Map. Map Styles: Map and Shaded. Trails.com. From: United States Geological Survey. Topo Map. Projection: NAD83/WGS84.] Retrieved 22 February 2010.</ref>
In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Tibes is bounded in the North by Barrio San Patricio, in the South by Portugués, in the West by Guaraguao and Magueyes, and in the East by Barrios Monte Llano and Portugués.<ref name="gis.otg.gobierno.pr">[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=12 August 2010 }} Retrieved 27 February 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.ponceweb.org/Anuncio/Barriosdeponce.pdf Mapa de Localizacion Limite de Barrios de Ponce.] Retrieved 27 February 2010.</ref>
==Features and demographics== thumb|left|275px|Artistic rendering of Portugues Dam in Barrio Tibes
In 2000, Tibes had {{convert|7.01|sqmi|km2|sigfig=2}} of land area and no water area. In 2000, the population of Tibes was 866 persons, and it had a density of 124 inhabitants per square mile.<ref>[http://www.citymelt.com/city/Puerto-Rico/Tibes+Barrio-PR.html City Melt] Retrieved 27 February 2010.</ref><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 26 February 2010.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-context=gct&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_GCTPH1_CO2&-tree_id=4001&-redoLog=true&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=05000US72113&-format=CO-2&-_lang=en |title=CENSUS2 |access-date=28 February 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212213555/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-context=gct&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_GCTPH1_CO2&-tree_id=4001&-redoLog=true&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=05000US72113&-format=CO-2&-_lang=en |archive-date=12 February 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Tibes is the second ''least'' populated barrio in Ponce, after San Patricio. Major roads serving Barrio Tibes are PR-10 and PR-503.<ref name="gis.otg.gobierno.pr"/>
In 2010, Tibes had {{convert|6.99|sqmi|km2|sigfig=2}} of land area and no water area. In 2010, the population of Tibes was 804 persons, and it had a density of 115 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 Tibes is ''Cerro del Diablo'' which stands at 2,234 feet. Another notable land feature is ''Cerro La Mesa'' which stands at 1,742 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=18 February 2010 }} 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> Río Portugués is the main body of water running through this barrio.<ref>[https://www.periodicolaperla.com/el-barrio-tibes-cuna-de-uno-de-las-mas-antiguos-asentamientos-del-pais/ ''El barrio Tibes: cuna de uno de las más antiguos asentamientos del país.''] Ernie Xavier Rivera Collazo. La Perla del Sur. Year 36. Issue 1860. 24–30 July 2019. pp. 14-15. Accessed 25 July 2019.</ref> {{US Census population| align= right | 1900= 1878 | 1910= 1650 | 1920= 1957 | 1930= 1612 | 1940= 1933 | 1950= 1644 | 1960= 1536 | 1970= 1475 | 1980= 1437 | 1990= 888 | 2000= 866 | 2010= 804 | 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>}}
==Portugues Dam== The Portugués Dam is also located in Barrio Tibes.<ref>[http://www.visitponce.com/recursos.aspx Website of the Municipality of Ponce. Descubrelo > Recursos Naturales.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620021655/http://www.visitponce.com/recursos.aspx |date=20 June 2010 }}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Puerto Rico}} * List of communities in Puerto Rico
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}}
{{Ponce, Puerto Rico}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Barrio Tibes Category:1831 establishments in Puerto Rico