Ensenada, Guánica, Puerto Rico
Barrio of Puerto Rico
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Ensenada is a barrio in the municipality of Guánica, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,705.[3][4][5][6] The ruins of what was once an important sugar production plant are in Ensenada.
Ensenada | |
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Barrio | |
Seventh-day Adventist Church in Ensenada | |
 Location of Ensenada within the municipality of Guánica shown in red | |
  Ensenada Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 17°58′06″N 66°55′45″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality | 
Guánica |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.04 sq mi (2.7 km2) |
| • Land | 0.79 sq mi (2.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0.25 sq mi (0.65 km2) |
| Elevation | 7 ft (2.1 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 1,705 |
| • Density | 2,158.2/sq mi (833.3/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
| ZIP Code | 00647 |
History
During the height of sugar production in Puerto Rico, Ensenada's economy was based on its sugar mill and processing plant.[7] During this prosperous time of sugar production in Ensenada, the community sought to become its own town, separate from Guánica but once the sugar mill closed in 1982 resolved to remain part of the Guánica municipality.[8]
Plaza Yomo Toro, named after musician Yomo Toro, is located in Ensenada, where people sometimes gather during holiday and other celebrations.[9]
A historic inn, the parador Guánica, which was built in 1929, is located in Ensenada and withstood the 2019–20 Puerto Rico earthquakes, serving as a refuge for personnel from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.[10]
Gallery
Photo by Jack Delano of "Ensenada, Guanica. Carloads of sugar cane at the South Puerto Rico Sugar Company" (c. January 1942)
Sign for Manglillo Beach in Guánica
Women wading near mangroves in Manglillo Beach
On a sandbar in Manglillo Beach
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