Pueblo, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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It is a one of twenty one barrios in the municipality of San Juan
, Puerto Rico
. Pueblo includes what used to be the urban center barrio of the former municipality of Rio Piedras
. Pueblo is a short form for “Rio Piedras Pueblo” which was the actual name of the barrio until 1951, when the municipality of Rio Piedras was absorbed by the municipality of San Juan.
It has a population of 9,391 residing in land area of 0.72 (1.86 km²), resulting in a population density
of 12,986.1 residents per square mile (5,013.96 km²).
As many other urban centers in Puerto Rico, Pueblo has suffered population decreases throughout the last decades. Considering this fact, the municipal government has proposed 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 subarrio of Rio Piedras Antiguo (Old 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.
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...
, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
. Pueblo includes what used to be the urban center barrio of the former municipality of Rio Piedras
Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
Río Piedras is a district of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Founded in 1714, it has been the home of the University of Puerto Rico's main campus since 1903, earning the town the popular name of Ciudad Universitaria...
. Pueblo is a short form for “Rio Piedras Pueblo” which was the actual name of the barrio until 1951, when the municipality of Rio Piedras was absorbed by the municipality of San Juan.
It has a population of 9,391 residing in land area of 0.72 (1.86 km²), resulting in a population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
of 12,986.1 residents per square mile (5,013.96 km²).
As many other urban centers in Puerto Rico, Pueblo has suffered population decreases throughout the last decades. Considering this fact, the municipal government has proposed 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 subarrio of Rio Piedras Antiguo (Old Rio Piedras).
Pueblo is bounded to the West by Hato Rey Sur and El Cinco
El Cinco, San Juan, Puerto Rico
El Cinco is a barrio of the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico and a former barrio of the dissolved municipality of Rio Piedras. In the year 2000 it had a population of 7,149 and a land area of 1.37 square miles resulting in a population density of 5,207.9/sq mi...
, with Universidad barrio to the North, and with Sabana Llana Sur barrio to the South and East.
Districts
Pueblo is subdivided into 6 "sub-barriosBarrio
Barrio is a Spanish word meaning district or neighborhood.-Usage:In its formal usage in English, barrios are generally considered cohesive places, sharing, for example, a church and traditions such as feast days...
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- Buen ConsejoBuen Consejo (Pueblo)Buen Consejo is a sector in Pueblo....
- CapetilloCapetillo (Pueblo)Capetillo is a sector in Pueblo, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico....
- MontereyMonte Rey (Pueblo)Monte Rey is a sector in Pueblo....
- Río Piedras AntiguoRío Piedras Antiguo (Pueblo)Río Piedras Antiguo is a sector in Pueblo....
- UbarriUbarri (Pueblo)Ubarri is a sector in Pueblo, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico....
- VenezuelaVenezuela (Pueblo)Venezuela is a sector in Pueblo, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico....