San Mateo is one of the forty
subbarrios of
Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Santurce (, from the Basque ''Santurtzi'' which means Saint George) is a barrio or district in the municipality of San Juan. Its population in 2020 was 69,469. It is also the biggest and most populated of all the barrios in the capital city wi ...
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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 ...
, San Mateo had a population of 1,989.
In 2010, San Mateo had a population of 1,549 and a population density of 22,128.6 persons per square mile.
Places
The historic
Church of San Mateo de Cangrejos of Santurce
Church of San Mateo de Cangrejos of Santurce () was first built in 1832 as a chapel. In 1896, State Architect Pedro Cobreros, who designed other churches in Puerto Rico, reconstructed its facade and enlarged the interior.
The church is different ...
is in San Mateo, at Calle San Jorge and Calle San Mateo (one block from
Avenida Juan Ponce de León
Avenida Juan Ponce de León, coextensive as Route PR-25 along its entire length, is one of the main thoroughfares in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Route description
It is a mostly three-lane, one-way road. It runs from Old San Juan to Río Piedras ...
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Gallery
Church of San Mateo de Cangrejos of Santurce in Santurce barrio, San Juan municipio, Puerto Rico.jpg, The church in 2020
See also
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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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