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.
Gobernador Piñero | |
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 San Patricio Forest in Gobernador Piñero | |
 Location of Gobernador Piñero shown in yellow. | |
| Coordinates: 18°24′34″N 66°05′29″W / 18.409372°N 66.091421°W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  San Juan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.83 sq mi (12.5 km2) |
| • Land | 4.56 sq mi (11.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0.27 sq mi (0.7 km2) |
| Elevation | 95 ft (29 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 44,006 |
| • Density | 9,650.4/sq mi (3,726.0/km2) |
| 2010 census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
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
edit| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 23,079 | — | |
| 1970 | 59,896 | — | |
| 1980 | 51,091 | −14.7% | |
| 1990 | 49,427 | −3.3% | |
| 2000 | 47,779 | −3.3% | |
| 2010 | 44,006 | −7.9% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1900 (N/A)[3] 1910-1930[4] 1930-1950[5] 1980-2000[6] 2010[7] | |||
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
editGobernador 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
edit- Luis Muñoz Marín Park, one of the main city parks of San Juan.
- Port of San Juan, partially located in the barrio at Puerto Nuevo.
- San Juan Medical Center or Centro Médico de Rio Piedras.
- San Patricio State Forest, also known as the San Patricio Urban Forest, one of the 20 state forests of Puerto Rico.
- University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus.
Transportation
editThe area is served by the Martínez Nadal (bordering with the municipality of Guaynabo), Las Lomas, San Francisco and Centro Médico metro stations.
Gallery
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Martínez Nadal metro system station. -
The Port of San Juan is partially located in this barrio. -
Luis Muñoz Marín Park
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See also
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References
edit- ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gobernador Piñero barrio
- ^ "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
- ^ "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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