Pueblo, San Juan, Puerto Rico Explained

Official Name:Pueblo
Native Name Lang:es
Settlement Type:Barrio
Coordinates:18.3939°N -66.0477°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:0.73
Area Land Sq Mi:0.73
Area Water Sq Mi:0
Population As Of:2010
Population Note:2010 census
Population Total:8720
Population Density Sq Mi:11945.2
Timezone:AST
Utc Offset:-4
Elevation Ft:207
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code

See main article: San Juan, Puerto Rico. Río Piedras Pueblo (officially just Pueblo, unofficially downtown Río Piedras), is one of 18 barrios in the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico.[2] [3] [4] Rio Piedras Pueblo is what used to be the urban center-barrio (downtown district) of the former municipality of Río Piedras until 1951, when the municipality of Rio Piedras was merged with the municipality of San Juan.

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. It is made up of 6 subbarrios: Buen Consejo, Capetillo, Monte Rey, Río Piedras Antiguo, Ubarri, and Venezuela. The University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras is located nearby.

The central plaza and its church

Before the establishment of the town square, the area was the site of the Hermitage of Our Lady of the Pillar since at least 1647.[5] The central plaza, today known as Plaza de la Convalecencia (La Convalecencia Square), dates to 1823 when the town was granted municipality rights. The old city house and Casa del Rey date to this time.[6] Located across the central plaza is the Church of Our Lady of the Pillar, a Roman Catholic church which used to be the main Catholic parish of the former municipality.[7]

Demographics

In 2010, it had a population of 8,720 residing in land area of 0.73 sq. mi. (1.86 km2).

Subbarrios

Pueblo comprises the following six subbarrios (3rd level subdivisions):[8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: US Gazetteer 2019. US Census . US Government.
  2. Book: 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.
  3. Book: Gwillim Law. Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. 25 December 2018. 20 May 2015. McFarland. 978-1-4766-0447-3. 300.
  4. Book: Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf . 2010. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau.
  5. Web site: Breve historia del municipio de Río Piedras. 2021-12-12. EnciclopediaPR. en-US.
  6. Web site: Una breve mirada a la historia de Río Piedras. 2021-12-12. es.
  7. Book: Mari Mut, José A. . Los Pueblos de Puerto Rico y Las Iglesias de Sus Plazas [The Pueblos of Puerto Rico, and the Churches of its Plazas] ]. 2013-08-28 . es . 2021-09-16 . 2020-12-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201214203116/http://edicionesdigitales.info/PueblosPR/pueblospr.pdf . live.
  8. Web site: US Census definition of "subbarrio" . factfinder.com . US Census . 5 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011605/https://factfinder.census.gov/help/en/subbarrio.htm . 12 February 2019 . dead .

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