Río Piedras is an urbanized commercial and residential district in San Juan, the capital municipality of Puerto Rico, concentrated in the barrios of Pueblo, Universidad, Hato Rey Sur, El Cinco, Monacillo Urbano. The district, the downtown and historic center of a former municipality with the same name that was merged with San Juan in 1951, has been the h…
Río Piedras is an urbanized commercial and residential district in San Juan, the capital municipality of Puerto Rico, concentrated in the barrios of Pueblo, Universidad, Hato Rey Sur, El Cinco, Monacillo Urbano. The district, the downtown and historic center of a former municipality with the same name that was merged with San Juan in 1951, has been the home of the main campus of the University of Puerto Rico since 1903, earning the popular name of Ciudad Universitaria. The largest health institution in the archipelago and island, the Centro Médico de Puerto Rico, is also located within the limits of the district of Río Piedras.
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