Marueño Puerto Rico Map

About Marueño, Puerto Rico

Marueño is a locality in Ponce County, Puerto Rico, United States. It is a small community with a population of 948. The population density is 771.3 people per km². Marueño is located at 18.0819°N, 66.6681°W. It observes the Atlantic Standard Time — no DST (America/Puerto_Rico) timezone.

Marueño claims its place upon the verdant, sloping terrain where the Río Pastillo cuts a persistent, winding path through the earth, defining the very contours of the soil. It lies 6.0 miles northwest of Ponce, PR (from Ponce, PR: bearing 324°T), and is situated 4.0 miles east-northeast of Peñuelas. The land here rises toward the solitary presence of Monte Marqueno, which stands as a silent sentinel two miles to the north, watching over a landscape that shifts from low-lying basin floor to the rugged, untamed character of the higher elevations. The air carries a heavy, humid weight, often stirred by the distant, salt-tinged breath of Ponce Harbor, though the sea remains a faraway shimmer beyond the immediate reach of the valley. Sunlight strikes the foliage with a piercing, golden intensity, illuminating the lush growth that spills downward toward the Quebrada Limón, where shadows gather in the deep, damp creases of the geography.

Marueño maintains a quiet, enduring rhythm that reflects the long history of agrarian labor and the slow transformation of the surrounding countryside. While the Bosque Estatal de Guilarte lies six miles away as a preserved expanse of wild, dense forest, the local life of Marueño is more closely tied to the small-scale cultivation and the domestic persistence of those who navigate the Vereda Alcantarilla to access the higher ridges. The economy remains tethered to the land, an inheritance of generations who have worked the slopes, while the nearby Parque Parcelas Magueyes provides a modest, communal space for the residents to gather. Even as the modern world pushes against these borders, the inhabitants look toward the horizon where the silhouette of Cayo Parguera suggests a vast, blue distance, grounding their lives in a specific, localized reality that exists far from the reach of Lago Caonillas or the crowded urban centers of the coast.

About This Marueño Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Marueño, Puerto Rico. Coordinates: 18.081882, -66.668062. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Marueño includes the ZIP code, telephone area code, county seat of Ponce County, and school district assignment.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.