Barrios of San Juan, Puerto Rico explained

The municipality of San Juan is divided into 18 barrios, 16 of which fall within the former (until 1951) municipality of Río Piedras. Eight of the barrios are further divided into subbarrios,^[1] and they include the two barrios that originally composed the municipality of San Juan (namely, San Juan Antiguo and Santurce):^{[2] [3] [4]}

Former municipality of Río Piedras

• Caimito
• Cupey (formerly two barrios: Cupey Alto and Cupey Bajo)
• El Cinco
• Gobernador Piñero
• Hato Rey Central

Hato Rey Central is divided into four subbarrios:

• Ciudad Nueva

• Floral Park

• Las Monjas

• Quintana
• Hato Rey Norte

Hato Rey Norte is divided into four subbarrios:

• El Vedado

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Martín Peña

• Puerto Nuevo
• Hato Rey Sur

Hato Rey Sur is divided into four subbarrios:

• Bella Vista

• Hyde Park

• La 37

• Santa Rita
• Monacillo
• Monacillo Urbano
• Oriente

Oriente is divided into three subbarrios:

• Borínquen

• López Sicardó

• San José
• Río Piedras Pueblo

Río Piedras Pueblo is divided into six subbarrios:

• Buen Consejo

• Capetillo

• Monte Rey

• Río Piedras Antiguo

• Ubarri

• Venezuela
• Quebrada Arenas
• Sabana Llana Norte
• Sabana Llana Sur
• Tortugo
• Universidad

Universidad is divided in four subbarrios:

• Amparo

• Auxilio Mutuo

• Institución

• Valencia

Former municipality of San Juan (until 1951)

San Juan Antiguo is a barrio in the municipality of San Juan and it is divided into seven subbarrios:

• Ballajá

• Catedral

• Marina

• Mercado

• Puerta de Tierra

• San Cristóbal

• San Francisco

Santurce

Santurce is a barrio in the municipality of San Juan. Its population in 2020 was 69,469.Santurce is divided into 40 subbarrios:

• Alto del Cabro

• Bayola

• Bolívar

• Buenos Aires

• Campo Alegre

• Chícharo

• Condadito

• Condado

• Figueroa

• Gandul

• Herrera

• Hipódromo

• Hoare

• Isla Grande

• Las Casas

• Las Marías

• Las Palmas

• La Zona

• Loíza

• Machuchal

• María Mozcó

• Marruecos

• Martín Peña

• Melilla

• Merhoff

• Minillas

• Miramar

• Monteflores

• Obrero

• Ocean Park

• Parque

• Pozo del Hato

• Pulguero

• Sagrado Corazón

• San Juan Moderno

• San Mateo

• Seboruco

• Shanghai

• Tras Talleres

• Villa Palmeras

Collective terms (former “barrios”)

• Sabana Llana is a former “barrio” of Río Piedras (current barrios of Sabana Llana Norte and Sabana Llana Sur, see above)
• Monacillos is a former “barrio” of Río Piedras (current barrios of Monacillo and Monacillo Urbano, see above)
• Hato Rey is a former “barrio” of Río Piedras (current barrios of Hato Rey Central, Hato Rey Norte, Hato Rey Sur, see above)

See also

• List of communities in Puerto Rico
• Old San Juan

Notes and References

1. 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 .
2. Book: G. David Garson. Robert S. Biggs. Robert S.. Biggs. Analytic Mapping and Geographic Databases. 25 December 2018. 11 June 1992. SAGE. 978-0-8039-4752-8. 10–.
3. Book: Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf . 2010. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau.
4. 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.