Pueblo, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Río Piedras Pueblo, (officially just "Pueblo"), is one of 18 barrios in the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico.[1][2][3] It is made up of 6 subbarrios: Buen Consejo, Capetillo, Monte Rey, Río Piedras Antiguo, Ubarri, and Venezuela. Rio Piedras Pueblo is what used to be the urban center barrio of the former municipality of Río Piedras until 1951, when the municipality of Rio Piedras was absorbed by the municipality of San Juan.

Pueblo
Barrio
Cathedral in Río Piedras main square
Location of Pueblo shown in yellow.
Commonwealth Puerto Rico
Municipality San Juan
Area
 • Total0.73 sq mi (1.9 km2)
 • Land0.73 sq mi (1.9 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total8,720
 • Density11,945.2/sq mi (4,612.1/km2)
 2010 census
Main article: San Juan, Puerto Rico

It has a population of 8,720 residing in land area of 0.72 sq. mi. (1.86 km²). As many other urban centers in Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Pueblo has suffered population decreases throughout the last decades. Considering this fact, the municipal government has proposed (and failed) an urban development plan called “Rio Piedras 2012” which purposes is to redevelop an important portion of the urban center mainly around the “Plaza de la Convalecencia" located in the subbarrio of Rio Piedras Antiguo (Old Rio Piedras).

Rio Piedras Pueblo is bounded to the West by Hato Rey Sur and El Cinco, with Universidad barrio to the North, and with Sabana Llana Sur barrio to the South and East.

Subbarrios

Pueblo is subdivided into 6 subbarrios:[4]

  • Subbarrios of Río Piedras Pueblo

See also

References
  1. Picó, Rafael; Buitrago de Santiago, Zayda; Berrios, Hector H. Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969.
  2. Gwillim Law (20 May 2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-4766-0447-3. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  3. Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
  4. "US Census definition of "subbarrio"". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.

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