Coto Laurel | |
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.jpg) Puerto Rico Highway 506 in Coto Laurel | |
 Location of barrio Coto Laurel within the municipality of Ponce shown in red | |
  Coto Laurel Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates:18°02′11″N66°33′17″W / 18.036341°N 66.554713°W /18.036341; -66.554713[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Ponce |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.59 sq mi (9.3 km2) |
| • Land | 3.54 sq mi (9.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.05 sq mi (0.13 km2) |
| Elevation | 335 ft (102 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 7,123 |
| • Density | 2,023.6/sq mi (781.3/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Coto Laurel (Barrio Coto Laurel) is one of the 31barrios of the municipality ofPonce, Puerto Rico. Along withAnón,Marueño,Guaraguao,Quebrada Limon,Real, andSan Patricio, and the coastal barrios ofCanas andCapitanejo, Coto Laurel is one of the municipality's nine bordering barrios. It borders the municipality ofJuana Diaz. It was founded in 1831.[3]
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. Thetoponymy, or origin of the name, is a proper noun related to the wordcoto which in Spanish denotes tracts of land ceded to citizens in exchange for services to the king and where there werelaurel trees.[4]
It is bounded on the north byRío Inabón and Lake Number 5, on the south by Esperanza Street, on the west byPR-10 (roughly), and on the east byRío Inabón.[5] In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Coto Laurel is bounded in the north byCerrillos andReal, in the south byVayas, in the west bySabanetas andCerrillos, and in the east by the municipality ofJuana Díaz.
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.[6] The population density in Coto Laurel was 1,468.1 persons per square mile.[7]
In 2010, the population of Coto Laurel was 7,123 persons, and it had a density of 2,023.6 persons per square mile.[8]
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'ssuperhighwayPR-52.PR-14 also serves Coto Laurel.
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 1,884 | — | |
| 1910 | 1,899 | 0.8% | |
| 1920 | 1,953 | 2.8% | |
| 1930 | 2,164 | 10.8% | |
| 1940 | 2,004 | −7.4% | |
| 1950 | 3,026 | 51.0% | |
| 1960 | 3,907 | 29.1% | |
| 1970 | 3,940 | 0.8% | |
| 1980 | 5,192 | 31.8% | |
| 1990 | 5,915 | 13.9% | |
| 2000 | 5,285 | −10.7% | |
| 2010 | 7,123 | 34.8% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[9] 1910-1930[10] 1930-1950[11] 1960[12] 1980-2000[13] 2010[14] | |||
Coto Laurel is home toIndustrias Vassallo and Hospital San Cristobal, one of Ponce's largest hospitals. Coto Laurel's village square was built under the mayoral administration ofJosé G. Tormos Vega in 1980.
