Isla Verde | |
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Skyline of Isla Verde | |
| Coordinates: 18°26′22″N 66°00′36″W / 18.43944°N 66.01000°W | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Carolina |
| Barrio | Cangrejo Arriba |
| Population (2000)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,484 |
Isla Verde (Spanish for ''green island'') is a beach-front, urbanized area in the barrio of Cangrejo Arriba in the municipality of Carolina where the main airport of Puerto Rico, Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU), is located. Immediately east of the barrio of Santurce in the capital of San Juan, San José Lagoon, and Teodoro Moscoso Bridge, which connects the coastal area to Hato Rey, the commercial and financial center in the metropolitan area of Puerto Rico, and west of the Laguna La Torrecilla (La Torrecilla Lagoon), state forest, and beaches of the Piñones community in the barrio of Torrecilla Baja in the municipality of Loíza, Isla Verde is home to various upscale hotels and apartments.