Obrero (often called Barrio Obrero) is one of 40
subbarrios of
Santurce in the municipality of
San Juan,
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and unincorporated ...
. Obrero is the most populated subbarrio in Santurce. The
Residencial Las Casas
Residencial Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas, more commonly known as Residencial Las Casas, Caserio Las Casas or Las Casas, is a public housing complex located in San Juan, Puerto Rico consisting of 417 housing units. It is under the management of the ...
public housing is located in the area.
Demographics
In
2000
File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...
, Obrero had a population of 11,467.
Puerto Rico 2000: Population and Housing Unit Counts
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In 2010, Obrero had a population of 10,316 and a population density of 25,790 persons per square mile.
Hurricane Maria
Hurricane Maria
Hurricane Maria was a deadly Category 5 hurricane that devastated the northeastern Caribbean in September 2017, particularly Dominica, Saint Croix, and Puerto Rico. It is regarded as the worst natural disaster in recorded history to affect ...
which hit Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and unincorporated ...
on September 20, 2017 devastated Obrero with major flooding and winds that tore roofs off homes.
Gallery
Tren Urbano Interior near Sagrado Corazon station, Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.jpg, Tren Urbano between Sagrado Corazon and Obrero
Residencial Las Casas en Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.jpg, Residencial Las Casas
Residencial Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas, more commonly known as Residencial Las Casas, Caserio Las Casas or Las Casas, is a public housing complex located in San Juan, Puerto Rico consisting of 417 housing units. It is under the management of the ...
in Santurce is near Barrio Obrero
See also
* List of communities in Puerto Rico
References
Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Municipality of San Juan
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