San Juan, Puerto Rico

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San Juan (, Spanish: [saŋ ˈxwan]; 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 jurisdiction of the United States, with a population of 342,259. San Juan was founded by Spanish colonists in 1521, who called it Ciudad de Puerto Rico ("City of Puerto Rico", Spanish for rich port city). Puerto Rico's capital is the second oldest European-established capital city in the Americas, after Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, founded in 1496, and is the oldest European-established city under United States sovereignty. Several historical buildings are located in San Juan; among the most notable are the city's former defensive forts, Fort San Felipe del Morro and Fort San Cristóbal, and La Fortaleza, the oldest executive mansion in continuous use in the Americas. Today, San Juan is Puerto Rico's most important seaport and is the island's financial, cultural, and tourism center. The population of the metropolitan statistical area, including San Juan and the municipalities of Bayamón, Guaynabo, Cataño, Canóvanas, Caguas, Toa Alta, Toa Baja, Carolina and Trujillo Alto, is about 2.443 million inhabitants; thus, about 76% of the population of Puerto Rico now lives and works in this area. San Juan is also a principal city of the San Juan-Caguas-Fajardo Combined Statistical Area. The city has been the host of events within the sports community, including the 1979 Pan American Games; 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games; events of the 2006, 2009 and 2013 World Baseball Classics; the Caribbean Series and the Special Olympics and MLB San Juan Series in 2010.

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San Juan, Puerto Rico
Calle Columbia, San Juan Hato Rey Sur (Hato Rey Sur)

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N 18.406388888889 °	E -66.063888888889 °

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Calle Columbia 247
00927 San Juan, Hato Rey Sur (Hato Rey Sur)
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Bombardment of San Juan

The Bombardment of San Juan, or the First Battle of San Juan, on 12 May 1898 was an engagement between United States Navy warships and the Spanish fortifications of San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was the first major action of the Puerto Rican Campaign during the Spanish–American War.

University Gardens High School

University Gardens High School (Spanish: Escuela Superior University Gardens, generally abbreviated as UGHS), formally University Gardens Community School Specialized in Science and Mathematics, is a secondary magnet school located in Hato Rey Sur, San Juan, Puerto Rico. University Gardens is run by the Puerto Rico Department of Education and is overseen by its Specialized Schools Unit (UnEE, for its initials in Spanish).University Gardens is known for its high standards, its "hard work" culture coming into the national culture. Recognized for featuring some of the highest standardized test scores in Puerto Rico, it has been criticized for having 27.8% of its student population come from living below the poverty line.

Hyde Park (Hato Rey)

Hyde Park is one of the 4 subbarrios of Hato Rey Sur, itself one of 18 barrios of the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Hato Rey Sur

Hato Rey Sur is one of the 18 barrios of the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Hato Rey Sur was a barrio of the former municipality of Rio Piedras, before it was merged with the municipality of San Juan in 1951. Following the annexation of Rio Piedras, the city of San Juan, and its surrounding area now including Rio Piedras, quadrupled its former size.

Bella Vista (Hato Rey)

Bella Vista is one of the 4 subbarrios of Hato Rey Sur, itself one of 18 barrios of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

El Monte Mall

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La 37 (Hato Rey)

La 37 is one of the 4 subbarrios of Hato Rey Sur, itself one of 18 barrios of the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Luis Muñoz Marín Park

Luis Muñoz Marín Park (Spanish: Parque Luis Muñoz Marín) is an urban park located in the Gobernador Piñero district of San Juan, close to Hato Rey, Río Piedras and Plaza Las Américas. The park was opened by the Puerto Rico Company of National Parks (CPNPR) and is currently administered by the municipality of San Juan. The Piedras River (el Río Piedras) crosses the park from southeast to northwest, splitting it in two sections.The park has gazebos that can be rented for events, green areas for strolls, biking and picnics, an artificial lake with paddleboats for rent ($6), and a number of playgrounds for children. The main attraction however is the cableway that crosses the park and offers scenic views of the city while providing transportation to the Roberto Clemente Coliseum and the Hiram Bithorn Stadium; it costs $2 for adults and $1 for children. The park is open weekly from Wednesday to Sunday and on public holidays.Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico in 2017, causing widespread damages to the park. It remained closed for years until February 2021 when it opened on limited capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Piñero station

Piñero station is a railway station in San Juan, Puerto Rico located in the Hato Rey Sur district. The station is named after the Jesús T. Piñero Avenue where it is located. The station opened on December 17, 2004. It features a work of public art entitled Viandante by the artist Marnie Pérez Molière.

Eleanor Roosevelt (Hato Rey)

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Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico

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Domenech station

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