Pueblo | |
|---|---|
 Plaza La Convalecencia in the main town square. | |
 Location of Pueblo shown in yellow | |
| Coordinates: 18°23′38″N 66°02′52″W / 18.393852°N 66.047738°W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  San Juan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.73 sq mi (1.9 km2) |
| • Land | 0.73 sq mi (1.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 207 ft (63 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 8,720 |
| • Density | 11,945.2/sq mi (4,612.1/km2) |
| 2010 census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Río Piedras Pueblo (officially just Pueblo, unofficially downtown Río Piedras), is one of 18 barrios in the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico.[3][4][5] Rio Piedras Pueblo is what used to be the urban center-barrio (downtown district) of the former municipality of Río Piedras until 1951, when the municipality of Rio Piedras was merged with the municipality of San Juan.
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. It is made up of 6 subbarrios: Buen Consejo, Capetillo, Monte Rey, Río Piedras Antiguo, Ubarri, and Venezuela. The University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras is located nearby.
- ^ a b "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pueblo barrio
- ^ Picó, Rafael; Buitrago de Santiago, Zayda; Berrios, Hector H. Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969.
- ^ Gwillim Law (20 May 2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-4766-0447-3. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.