Ensenada, Guánica, Puerto Rico

Ensenada Barrio is a barrio in the municipality of Guánica, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,705.^[3][4][5][6]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1930	4,205		—
1940	4,829		14.8%
1950	4,730		−2.1%
1960	3,229		−31.7%
1970	0		−100.0%
1980	1,982		—
1990	2,108		6.4%
2000	2,184		3.6%
2010	1,705		−21.9%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[7] 1910-1930[8] 1930-1950[9] 1980-2000[10] 2010[11]

Ensenada
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 [1]
• Total	1.04 sq mi (2.7 km2)
• Land	0.79 sq mi (2.0 km2)
• Water	0.25 sq mi (0.6 km2)
Elevation [2]	7 ft (2 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.^[12] 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.^[13]

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.^[14]

Gallery

• 
  Photo by Jack Delano of "Ensenada, Guanica. Carloads of sugar cane at the South Puerto Rico Sugar Company" (c. January 1942)
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  Sign for Manglillo Beach in Guánica
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  Women wading near mangroves in Manglillo Beach
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  On a sandbar in Manglillo Beach

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico