Gobernador Piñero

Gobernador Piñero is one of the 18 barrios of the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. With a population of 36,995 living in a land area of 4.44 square miles, it is San Juan’s second most populated barrio after Santurce, and the fourth largest in land area.

Type: barrio of Puerto Rico
Description: barrio in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Also known as: “Gobernador Pinero Barrio”, “Gobernador Piñero Barrio”, “Gobernador Piñero, Puerto Rico”, “Gobernador Piñero, San Juan”, “Gobernador Piñero, San Juan, Puerto Rico”, “Puerto Nuevo”, “Puerto Nuevo Barrio”, “Puerto Nuevo, Puerto Rico”, and “Puerto Nuevo, San Juan”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hiram Bithorn Stadium and Plaza Las Américas.

Hiram Bithorn Stadium

Stadium

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Hiram Bithorn Stadium, popularly known as the Bithorn, is the largest multi-purpose baseball stadium in Puerto Rico since opening in 1962. Located in the Hato Rey business center of San Juan, the capital city and municipality of the archipelago and island…

Plaza Las Américas

Shopping center

Photo: Moebiusuibeom-en, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Plaza Las Américas is a shopping mall in Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico, located at the intersection of Routes 18 and 22. "Plaza", as it is known to many Puerto Ricans, was the first indoor shopping mall built in Puerto Rico.

San Patricio State Forest

Protected area

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San Patricio State Forest, also known as the San Patricio Urban Forest is one of the 20 forests that make up the public forest system of Puerto Rico. This is a secondary or second-growth forest is located in the Gobernador Piñero district of San Juan, between the neighborhoods of Villa Borinquen, Caparra Heights and Borinquen Towers complex.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cataño and Santurce.

Cataño

Photo: Jeff Hitchcock, CC BY 2.0.

Cataño is a small municipality and town in the Northern Coast region of Puerto Rico, across from Old San Juan in the Bay of San Juan.

Santurce

Suburb

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Santurce is a highly urbanized, densely populated commercial, residential, cultural, and resort area in Puerto Rico, organized as a barrio of San Juan, the capital city and municipality of the archipelago and island. Santurce is situated 5 km northeast of Gobernador Piñero.