Primero is one of the 31 barrio

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 of the municipality 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...

. Together with Segundo

Segundo (Ponce)

Segundo is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Primero, Tercero, Cuarto, Quinto, and Sexto, Segundo is one the municipality's six core urban barrios.-Location:...

, Tercero

Tercero (Ponce)

Tercero is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Together with Primero, Segundo, Cuarto, Quinto, and Sexto, Tercero is one the municipality's six core urban barrios.-Location:...

, Cuarto

Cuarto (Ponce)

Cuarto is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Together with Primero, Segundo, Tercero, Quinto, and Sexto, Cuarto is one the municipality's six core urban barrios.-Location:...

, Quinto

Quinto (Ponce)

Quinto is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Together with Primero, Segundo, Tercero, Cuarto, and Sexto, Quinto is one the municipality's six core urban barrios.-Location:...

, and Sexto

Sexto (Ponce)

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 the municipality's six core urban barrios.-Location:...

, Primero is one the municipality's six core urban barrios.

Location

Primero is an urban barrio located in the southern section of the municipality, within the Ponce city limits, and southwest of the traditional center of the city, Plaza Las Delicias

Plaza Las Delicias

Plaza Las Delicias is the main plaza in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico. The square is notable for its fountains and for the various monuments it contains. The historic Parque de Bombas and Ponce Cathedral buildings are located within Plaza Las Delicias. Plaza Las Delicias is actually composed of...

.

Boundaries

Barrio Primero is bounded on the North by Villa Street, on the South by Ferrocarril and Dr. Ferran Streets, on the West by PR-2R/Pampanos Road/Coto Canas Street, and on the East by Eugenio Maria de Hostos Avenue and Marina Street.

In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Primero is bounded in the North by Barrio Segundo

Segundo (Ponce)

Segundo is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Primero, Tercero, Cuarto, Quinto, and Sexto, Segundo is one the municipality's six core urban barrios.-Location:...

, in the South by Canas Urbano

Canas Urbano

Canas Urbano is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Machuelo Abajo, Magueyes Urbano, Portugués Urbano, and San Antón, Canas Urbano is one of the municipality's five originally rural barrios that are now also part of the urban zone of the city of Ponce...

, in the West by Barrio Canas Urbano, and in the East by Barrio Cuarto

Cuarto (Ponce)

Cuarto is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Together with Primero, Segundo, Tercero, Quinto, and Sexto, Cuarto is one the municipality's six core urban barrios.-Location:...

. The communities of Ponce de Leon, Los Maestros, and Pedro J. Rosaly are located in Barrio Primero.

Features and demographics

Primero has 0.25 square miles (647,497 m²) of land area and no water area. In 2000, the population of Primero was 3,550. The population density in Primero was 13,997 persons per square mile.

Notable landmarks

Primero is home to Ponce City Hall

Ponce City Hall

The Ponce City Hall is located on Calle Degetau, across from Plaza Las Delicias in the Ponce Historic Zone in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The building serves as the seat of the executive branch of government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce, including the office of the Mayor of Ponce. It is the...

 on its northeastern end.
The Dora Colón Clavell Urban Park

Dora Colón Clavell Urban Park

The Parque Urbano Dora Colón Clavell is a passive park in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The park is named after the mother of ex-governor of Puerto Rico and Ponce native, Rafael Hernández Colón.-Location:...

, is also found in Barrio Primero. The historic, NRHP-listed, Rosaly-Batiz House

Rosaly-Batiz House

The Rosaly-Batiz House is a historic building located on Villa street in Barrio Primero in Ponce, Puerto Rico, in the city's historic district. The building dates from 1897. It was designed by Manuel V. Domenech, a Puerto Rican architect that was responsible for designing various other...

, Residencia Zaldo de Nebot on 27 Marina Street, and the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church

The Primera Iglesia Metodista Unida de Ponce was the first structure erected in Puerto Rico by the celebrated architect Antonin Nechodoma...

on 132 Villa Street, are also in Barrio Primero.