Gobernador Piñero is one of the 18 barrios of the municipality of

San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan (, , ; Spanish for "Saint John") is the capital city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2020 census, it is the 57th-largest city under the jur ...

. With a population of 44,006 (

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) living in a land area of , it is

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’s second most populated

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 ...

after Santurce, and the fourth largest in land area. This district is named after

Jesús T. Piñero Jesús T. Piñero Jiménez (April 16, 1897 – November 19, 1952) was the first and only native Puerto Rican to be appointed governor of Puerto Rico by the Government of the United States. Early years Jesús Toribio Piñero Jiménez was born i ...

who was the first and only native Puerto Rican governor of the territory under the American colonial administration in 1946.

Demographics

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

Gobernador Piñero is bounded to the north by the

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and Port and

Hato Rey Norte Hato Rey Norte is one of the 18 barrios of the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Hato Rey Norte was part of the former municipality of Rio Piedras, before it was merged with the municipality of San Juan in 1951. It is bounded by Hato Rey C ...

barrio, with the barrios of

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 ...

and El Cinco to the east, by Monacillo Urbano to the south, and by the municipality of Guaynabo to the west. 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

* Luis Muñoz Marín Park, one of the main city parks of San Juan. *

Port of San Juan The Port of San Juan ( es, Puerto de San Juan) is a seaport facility located in the metropolitan area of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The "Port of San Juan" is the general name used to call various passenger and cargo facilities located in lands aro ...

, partially located in the barrio at Puerto Nuevo. * San Juan Medical Center or '' Centro Médico de Rio Piedras''. *

San Patricio State Forest San Patricio State Forest (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Bosque Estatal de San Patricio''), also known as the San Patricio Urban Forest (Spanish: ''Bosque Urbano de San Patricio'') is one of the 20 forests that make up the List of Puerto Rico sta ...

, also known as the San Patricio Urban Forest, one of the 20 state forests of Puerto Rico. *

University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus The University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus — Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Ciencias Médicas (UPR-RCM) in Spanish— is a public health sciences-oriented university in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is part of the Univ ...

Transportation

The area is served by the Martínez Nadal (bordering with the municipality of Guaynabo), Las Lomas,

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and Centro Médico metro stations.

Gallery

File:Tren Urbano Martínez Nadal station (01).jpg, Martínez Nadal metro system station. File:San Juan Port cargo ships.jpg, The Port of San Juan is partially located in this barrio. File:Parque Luis Muñoz Marín ( ciso).jpg, Luis Muñoz Marín Park

References