Tibes
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Tibes (Barrio Tibes) is one of the 31 barrios in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Together with Magueyes, Portugués, Montes Llanos, Maragüez, Machuelo Arriba, Sabanetas, and Cerrillos, barrio Tibes is one of the municipality's eight rural interior barrios. Tibes attracted attention recently when, in 1975, what was to become the discovery of the oldest cemetery in the West Indies came about as a result of rainstorms. The name of this barrio is of native Indian origin. It was organized in 1831.
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- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Ponce
- Area
- 7.01
- Elevation
- 335
- Time zone
- UTC−04:00
- Image
- Paisaje en el Barrio Tibes (PR-10 Norte cerca de la PR-503), Ponce, PR (DSC02996A).jpg
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- Features and demographics
- Portugues Dam
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Tibes (Barrio Tibes) is one of the 31 barrios in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Together with Magueyes, Portugués, Montes Llanos, Maragüez, Machuelo Arriba, Sabanetas, and Cerrillos, barrio Tibes is one of the municipality's eight rural interior barrios. Tibes attracted attention recently when, in 1975, what was to become the discovery of the oldest cemetery in the West Indies came about as a result of rainstorms. The name of this barrio is of native Indian origin. It was organized in 1831.
==Location== thumb|left|200px|Landscape scene in Barrio Tibes at PR-10 northbound approaching [[PR-503]]
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tibes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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