Anón is one of the 31 barrios in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Marueño, Coto Laurel, Guaraguao, Quebrada Limon, Real, and San Patricio, and the coastal barrios of Canas and Capitanejo, Anón is one of the municipality's nine bordering barrios. Anón borders the municipalities of Jayuya and Juana Diaz. The name of this barrio is of native Indian origin. It was founded in 1878. Barrio Anón is one of three Ponce barrios located on the Cordillera Central mountain range.
Street scene at road PR-143 East and the northern terminus of PR-139 in Barrio Anon, Ponce, PR
The 4390-ft Cerro de Punta peak in Barrio Anón
Ponce is a city and a municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, was founded on August 12, 1692 and is named after Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the great-grandson of Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León. Ponce is often referred to as La Perla del Sur, La Ciudad Señorial, and La Ciudad de las Quenepas.
Image: Ciudad de Ponce, Puerto Rico, vista desde el Hotel Ponce Holiday Inn, mirando al este (DSC02782D)
Image: Castillo Serralles
Image: Ponce Teatro La Perla
Image: Ponce cathedral, Ponce, Puerto Rico, after the Puerto Rico 2019 2020 earthquakes