Buenos Aires is one of the forty
subbarrios of
Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Demographics
In
2000
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, Buenos Aires had a population of 1,303.
Puerto Rico 2000: Population and Housing Unit Counts
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In 2010, Buenos Aires had a population of 1,145 and a population density of 8,500 persons per square mile.
Location
Buenos Aires is located on the south section of Santurce east of Marruecos and Interstate PR-22 (José de Diego Expressway) down below Interstate PR-1
Puerto Rico Highway 1 (PR-1) is a highway in Puerto Rico that connects the city of Ponce to San Juan. Leaving Ponce, the road heads east and follows a somewhat parallel route along the southern coast of the island heading towards Salinas. At ...
(Luis Muñoz Rivera Expressway).
Description and sites
There's only one street in the area, Los Angeles Street.
Buenos Aires acts as the home base for the headquarters of the Department of Recreation and Sports (Departamento de Recreación y Deportes) next to the San Juan Municipal Park. This park also serves the communities of other sectors in Santurce with three institutions located south of the Sagrado Corazón Train Station:
* The YMCA of San Juan (Basketball Center / Sport Center / Pool Center)
* Fondos Unidos de Puerto Rico (United Way of Puerto Rico)
* Centro Encuestre de Puerto Rico (Equestrian Center of Puerto Rico)
See also
* List of communities in Puerto Rico
In Puerto Rico, there are 78 municipalities and 902 municipio subdivisions made up of 827 barrios and 75 barrios-pueblo. There are also a number of subbarrios and communities. The following is a list of the 902 barrios, some of the subbarrios, i ...
References
Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Municipality of San Juan
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