The municipality of San Juan, the capital of the archipelago and island of Puerto Rico, is divided into 18 barrios, eight of the barrios are further divided into subbarrios or districts.
Originally, the municipality comprised San Juan Antiguo, which is congruent with San Juan Islet, where the Spanish Empire first established the capital city of Puerto Rico, San Juan Bautista de Puerto Rico (today Old San Juan historic quarter), in 1521. In 1862, San Juan acquired the barrio of Santurce, first part of the defunct municipality of San Mateo de Cangrejos. In 1951, it further acquired the defunct municipality of Río Piedras as 16 barrios.
Barrios
Original barrio Before its annexation of Santurce in 1862 and Río Piedras in 1951, San Juan consisted of San Juan Antiguo.
San Juan Antiguo
San Juan Antiguo is divided into seven subbarrios or districts (all comprise the Old San Juan historic quarter except for Puerta de Tierra):
Ballajá Catedral Marina Mercado Puerta de Tierra San Cristóbal San Francisco
Acquired barrios
Santurce
In 1862, San Juan annexed Santurce, originally part of the defunct municipality of San Mateo de Cangrejos, as one barrio.
Santurce is divided into 40 subbarrios or districts (alphabetically ordered):
Alto del Cabro Bayola Bolívar Buenos Aires Campo Alegre Chícharo Condadito Condado Figueroa Gandul Herrera Hipódromo Hoare Isla Grande Las Casas Las Marías Las Palmas La Zona Loíza Machuchal María Mozcó Marruecos Martín Peña Melilla Merhoff Minillas Miramar Monteflores Obrero Ocean Park Parque Pozo del Hato Pulguero Sagrado Corazón San Juan Moderno San Mateo Seboruco Shanghai Tras Talleres Villa Palmeras
Río Piedras
In 1951, San Juan annexed the defunct municipality of Río Piedras as 16 barrios (alphabetically ordered):
Caimito
Cupey
El Cinco
Gobernador Piñero
Hato Rey Central
Hato Rey Central is divided into four subbarrios or districts:
Ciudad Nueva Floral Park Las Monjas Quintana
Hato Rey Norte
Hato Rey Norte is divided into four subbarrios or districts:
El Vedado Eleanor Roosevelt Martín Peña Puerto Nuevo
Hato Rey Sur
Hato Rey Sur is divided into four subbarrios or districts:
Bella Vista Hyde Park La 37 Santa Rita
Monacillo
Monacillo Urbano
Oriente
Oriente is divided into three subbarrios or districts:
Borinquen López Sicardó San José
Río Piedras Pueblo
Río Piedras Pueblo is divided into six subbarrios or districts:
Buen Consejo Capetillo Monte Rey Río Piedras Antiguo Ubarri Venezuela
Quebrada Arenas
Sabana Llana Norte
Sabana Llana Sur
Tortugo
Universidad
Universidad is divided in four subbarrios or districts:
Amparo Auxilio Mutuo Institución Valencia
Collective barrios Three barrios were further divided into other barrios after San Juan annexed Río Piedras in 1951 (they are most commonly known by their collective name):
Sabana Llana A former barrio currently divided into the following barrios:
Sabana Llana Norte Sabana Llana Sur
Monacillos A former barrio currently divided into the following barrios:
Monacillo Monacillo Urbano
Hato Rey
A former barrio currently divided into the following barrios:
Hato Rey Central Hato Rey Norte Hato Rey Sur
Two barrios were united into one barrio after San Juan annexed Río Piedras in 1951:
Cupey
A current barrio formerly divided into the following two barrios:
Cupey Alto Cupey Bajo
See also
Barrios of Puerto Rico List of barrios and sectors of San Juan, Puerto Rico List of communities in Puerto Rico Old San Juan Municipalities of Puerto Rico
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