Villa Palmeras is one of the forty
subbarrios of
Santurce, a barrio 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 juri ...
.
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 ...
, Villa Palmeras had a population of 2,648.
In 2010, Villa Palmeras had a population of 2,351 and a population density of 39,183.3 persons per square mile.
Pedro Pierluisi
Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia (born April 26, 1959) is a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer currently serving as governor of Puerto Rico. He has previously served as Secretary of Justice, Resident Commissioner, acting
Secretary of State, i ...
created a political campaign video with residents of Villa Palmeras when he was running for governor in 2015.
The municipality of San Juan provided economic incentives to businesses in Villa Palmeras in the 2010s.
San José Cemetery
The San José Cemetery in Villa Palmeras is the final resting place of many famous Puerto Rican musicians including
Rafael Cepeda
Rafael Cepeda Atiles (July 10, 1910 – July 21, 1996), recognized as "The Patriarch of the Bomba and Plena", was the patriarch of the Cepeda family, known internationally as ambassadors of Afro-Puerto Rican folk music.
Early years
Cepeda was bo ...
,
Pellín Rodríguez,
Tommy Olivencia
Tommy Olivencia (May 15, 1938 – September 22, 2006) was a renowned Puerto Rican bandleader of Music of Puerto Rico, salsa music.
Early years
Olivencia (birth name: Ángel Tomás Olivencia Pagán) was born in the Villa Palmeras section of Sant ...
,
Rafael Cortijo
Rafael Antonio Cortijo (December 11, 1928 – October 3, 1982) was a Puerto Rican musician, orchestra leader, composer and percussion instrument craftsman.
Early Career
As a child, Cortijo became interested in Caribbean music and enjoyed th ...
,
Ismael Rivera
Ismael Rivera a.k.a. "Maelo" (October 5, 1931 – May 13, 1987), was a Puerto Rican composer and salsa singer.
Early life
Rivera was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, a sector of San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was the first of five children born t ...
and Sammy Ayala of
El Gran Combo
El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, commonly known as El Gran Combo, is a Puerto Rican salsa orchestra based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2012, it was often considered Puerto Rico's most successful musical group. The ...
.
Gallery
Villa Palmeras homes view from atop, in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.jpg, Villa Palmeras homes view from atop a home
Mural in Calle Loíza in Villa Palmeras, Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.jpg, Mural on Calle Loíza in Villa Palmeras in Santurce (a barrio of San Juan), in Puerto Rico
Cemetery San José in Villa Palmeras, Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.jpg, San José Cemetery
See also
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List of communities in Puerto Rico
References
Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Municipality of San Juan
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