Barrios of San Juan, Puerto Rico
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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.[1]

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 municipality of Santurce, originally founded as San Mateo de Cangrejos in 1773, as one barrio. In 1951, it further acquired the municipality of Río Piedras as 16 barrios.[2][3][4]
Barrios
Map of barrios in San Juan (alphabetically ordered): 1. Caimito 2. Cupey 3. El Cinco 4. Gobernador Piñero 5. Hato Rey Central 6. Hato Rey Norte 7. Hato Rey Sur 8. Monacillo 9. Monacillo Urbano 10. Oriente 11. Pueblo 12. Quebrada Arenas 13. Sabana Llana Norte 14. Sabana Llana Sur 15. San Juan Antiguo 16. Santurce 17. Tortugo 18. Universidad U.S. Census map of barrios in San Juan (far left in yellow) and adjacent eastern municipalities with southern barrios of San Juan demarcated and labeled, 2010 |
Original barrio
Before its annexation of Santurce and Río Piedras, 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):
Acquired barrios
Santurce

San Juan annexed the municipality of Santurce in 1862 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
San Juan annexed the municipality of Río Piedras in 1951 as 16 barrios (alphabetically ordered):
Caimito

Cupey

El Cinco

Gobernador Piñero

Hato Rey Central

- Hato Rey Central is divided into four subbarrios or districts:
Hato Rey Norte

- Hato Rey Norte is divided into four subbarrios or districts:
Hato Rey Sur

- Hato Rey Sur is divided into four subbarrios or districts:
Monacillo

Monacillo Urbano

Oriente

- Oriente is divided into three subbarrios or districts:
Río Piedras Pueblo
- Río Piedras Pueblo is divided into six subbarrios or districts:
Quebrada Arenas

Sabana Llana Norte

Sabana Llana Sur

Tortugo

Universidad

- Universidad is divided in four subbarrios or districts:
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:
Monacillos
- A former barrio currently divided into the following barrios:
Hato Rey

- A former barrio currently divided into the following barrios:
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