Montes Llanos is a mountainous rural barrio located in the central portion of the municipality, north of the city of Ponce, at latitude 18.118717 N, and longitude -66.139594 W.[4] The toponymy, or origin of the name, is related to the old "Hato Llano" barrio. The name Montes Llanos relates to the term monte, which in Spanish describes a natural but significant elevation of the surface of the land that is covered with trees, shrubs or other vegetation.[5]
Boundaries
Montes Llanos is bounded on the North by PR-505 (roughly), on the South by the hills north of Pastillo Road and El Cedro I Road, on the West by the hills west of Río Chiquito, and on the East by the hills west of Río Bayagan and PR-505 (roughly).[6][7]
Montes Llanos has 2.15 square miles (5.6 km2) of land area and no water area. In 2000, the population of Montes Llanos was 462 persons, and it had a density of 215 persons per square mile, making it the least populated barrio in the municipality.[8][9][10][11] Montes Llanos is the least populated, though not the least densely populated, barrio in the municipality of Ponce.[12] The community of Villas del Monte Verde is located in Montes Llanos.[13]
In 2010, the population of Monte Llano was 523 persons, and it had a density of 243.3 persons per square mile.[14]
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[15] 1910-1930[16] 1930-1950[17] 1960[18] 1980-2000[19] 2010[20]
Geography
The highest point in barrio Montes Llanos stands at 2,394 feet and is located in the extreme northwest tip of the barrio.[21]
Infrastructure
The main road serving Barrio Montes Llanos is PR-505.[6]
Notable Landmarks
Barrio Montes Llanos is home to the origin of the Río Chiquito. Rio Chiquito feeds into Rio Portugues just as they both enter the Ponce city limits to eventually empty as Rio Bucana into the Caribbean Sea opposite Caja de Muertos.[6]
^Barrios de Ponce.Archived 30 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine Antepasados Esclavos.(From: Pedro Tomás de Córdoba. Memorias geográficas, históricas, económicas y estadísticas de la Isla de Puerto Rico.) Retrieved 28 November 2014.
^Maptest.Archived 2010-02-18 at the Wayback Machine 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 14 November 2011.