El Cinco ( Spanish for ''The Five'') is one of the 18

barrios Barrios is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Agustín Barrios (1885–1944), Paraguayan guitarist and composer *Ángel Barrios (1882–1964), Spanish guitarist and composer *Arturo Barrios (born 1962), Mexican athlet ...

of the

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and a former

barrio ''Barrio'' () is a Spanish language, Spanish word that means "Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter" or "neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city, usually delimited by functional (e.g. residenti ...

of the dissolved municipality of

Rio Piedras Rio or Río is the Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltese word for "river". When spoken on its own, the word often means Rio de Janeiro, a major city in Brazil. Rio or Río may also refer to: Geography Brazil * Rio de Janeiro * Rio do Sul, a ...

. As of the

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, it had a population of 6,198 and a land area of 1.34 square miles (3.5 km²) resulting in a population density of 4,625.4/sq mi (1,785.9/km2).

Geography

El Cinco is surrounded by seven barrios: Gobernador Piñero, Monacillo Urbano, Monacillo,

Cupey Cupey is one of the 18 barrios of the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico located in the mountainous area of the municipality. It is the largest barrio or district in the San Juan and the third most populous with 36,058 inhabitants according ...

, Sabana Llana Sur, Río Piedras (pueblo) and

Hato Rey Sur Hato Rey Sur is one of the 18 barrios of the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Hato Rey Sur was a barrio of the former municipality of Rio Piedras, before it was merged with the municipality of San Juan in 1951. Following the annexation of ...

Landmarks and historic sites

This barrio is home to numerous sites listed in the US National Register of Historic Places. The historic Río Piedras Aqueduct, also known as the San Juan Historic Aqueduct, is an old aqueduct and water filtration plant that dates from 1846. The site has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 2007. Other historic sites located in El Cinco are the

Río Piedras Bridge The Río Piedras Bridge (Spanish: ''Puente de Río Piedras'') or Piedras River Bridge (''Puente del Río Piedras''), also designated as Bridge #3, is a historic 19th-century barrel vault bridge located in the former town of Río Piedras, today par ...

, shared with

and dating from 1853, the Rum Pilot Plant located

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Experimental Agricultural Station, and the

San Juan Botanical Garden The San Juan Botanical Garden, officially known as the Botanical Garden of the University of Puerto Rico, is located in the Caribbean city of San Juan, capital of Puerto Rico. This lush “urban garden” of native and exotic flora serves as ...

is located nearby too.

Transportation

The area is served by the ''

Tren Urbano The ''Tren Urbano'' (English language, English: Urban Train) is a List of automated urban metro subway systems, fully-automated rapid transit system that serves the municipalities of San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, Gua ...

'' metro system with the elevated

Cupey station Cupey is a rapid transit station in San Juan agglomeration, Puerto Rico. It is located between Centro Médico and Río Piedras stations on the only line of the Tren Urbano system, in the El Cinco district of the city of San Juan. The station is ...

located on the intersection of highways PR-1 and

PR-176 Puerto Rico Highway 176 (PR-176) is a main road in Cupey. It begins at its intersection with PR-175 near Carraízo Lake in Trujillo Alto and ends at PR-1 Puerto Rico Highway 1 (PR-1) is a highway in Puerto Rico that connects the city of ...

in El Cinco. Despite the name of the station, it is not located in the barrio of Cupey, although it is indeed located nearby.

Gallery

File:ACUEDUCTO DE SAN JUAN, EL CINCO, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO.jpg, Ruins of the historic aqueduct of Rio Piedras. File:Puente Rio Piedras below - San Juan Puerto Rico.jpg, Historical Rio Piedras Bridge. File:Tren Urbano Cupey station (04).jpg, Cupey Station entrance.

References

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Geography

Landmarks and historic sites

Transportation

Gallery

See also

References