Gobernador_Piñero,_San_Juan,_Puerto_Rico

Gobernador Piñero, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Gobernador Piñero, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Administrative area of San Juan, Puerto Rico

Gobernador Piñero is one of the 18 barrios of the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. With a population of 44,006 (2010) living in a land area of 4.44 square miles (11.5 km2), it is San Juan’s second most populated barrio after Santurce, and the fourth largest in land area.

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This district is named after Jesús T. Piñero who was the first and only native Puerto Rican governor of the territory under the American colonial administration in 1946.

Demographics

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Gobernador Piñero is San Juan’s second most populated barrio after Santurce. It has a population density of 10,770.4 residents per square mile (4,158.47/km2).

Geography

Gobernador Piñero is bounded to the north by the San Juan Bay and Port and Hato Rey Norte barrio, with the barrios of Hato Rey Sur and El Cinco to the east, by Monacillo Urbano to the south, and by the municipality of Guaynabo to the west.[8]

Gobernador Piñero includes the areas of Puerto Nuevo (including Puerto Nuevo Norte), Villa Borinquen, Bosque Urbano de San Patricio, Caparra Terrace and Centro Médico.

Landmarks and places of interest

Transportation

The area is served by the Martínez Nadal (bordering with the municipality of Guaynabo), Las Lomas, San Francisco and Centro Médico metro stations.

  • Martínez Nadal metro system station.
  • The Port of San Juan is partially located in this barrio.
  • Luis Muñoz Marín Park

See also

References

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    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gobernador Piñero barrio
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    "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
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    Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
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    Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.


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