Official Name: | Oriente |
Native Name Lang: | es |
Settlement Type: | Barrio |
Coordinates: | 18.414°N -66.0348°W |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Subdivision Type: | Commonwealth |
Subdivision Name: | Puerto Rico |
Subdivision Type1: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name1: | San Juan |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.23 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.78 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.45 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Note: | 2010 census |
Population Total: | 31374 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 17625.8 |
Timezone: | AST |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 10 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
See main article: San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Oriente is one of the 18 barrios of the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is composed of 3 subbarrios: Borinquen, López Sicardó, and San José. Before 1951, it was a barrio of the former municipality of Rio Piedras. In 2010, it had a population of 31,374. It is surrounded by the barrios of Sabana Llana Norte to the east, Sabana Llana Sur to the south, Hato Rey Central and Hato Rey Norte to the west, and Santurce barrio and the San Jose Lagoon to the north.[2] [3] [4]