Bucaná is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Together with Canas, Playa, Vayas, and Capitanejo, Bucaná is one of the municipality's five coastal barrios. The name of this barrio is of native Indian origin. It was founded in 1831.
Río Portugués (L) feeds into Río Bucaná (R), just north of PR-52 in Barrio Bucaná
Entrance to Julio Monagas Park in Barrio Bucana.
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