Palmas
Palmas is a barrio in the municipality of Cataño, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 23,857.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: barrio of Puerto Rico
- Description: barrio in Cataño, Puerto Rico
- Also known as: “Palmas Barrio”, “Palmas, Cataño”, “Palmas, Cataño, Puerto Rico”, and “Palmas, Puerto Rico”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fortín San Juan de la Cruz and Fort San Felipe del Morro.
Fortín San Juan de la Cruz
Castle
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Fortín San Juan de la Cruz, most commonly known as El Cañuelo, was built on Isla de Cabras in the Palo Seco barrio of the municipality of Toa Baja, at the western end of the entrance to San Juan Bay, in Puerto Rico.
Fort San Felipe del Morro
Photo: Madera, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Castillo San Felipe del Morro, most commonly known as El Morro, is a large fortress and citadel in the Old San Juan historic quarter of San Juan, the capital municipality of Puerto Rico. Fort San Felipe del Morro is situated 4 km northeast of Palmas.
Hondo River
River
The Río Hondo is a river of Puerto Rico. The river lends its name to a neighborhood, the Rio Hondo neighborhood, or "Urbanizacion Rio Hondo", also in Bayamón, and to the neighborhood's mall, Plaza Rio Hondo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Juan and Bayamón.
San Juan
Photo: Tomás Fano, CC BY-SA 2.0.
San Juan is the capital of Puerto Rico and its largest city, with 342,000 inhabitants in the municipality and 2,203,000 in the metropolitan area. Founded in 1521 by the Spanish conquistadors, San Juan is the oldest city under the jurisdiction of the United States.
Bayamón
Bayamón is a municipality in the San Juan metropolitan area and the second largest city in Puerto Rico with about 185,000 residents. It is in the Northern Coast region and has a small historic downtown, numerous parks, malls and family attractions.
San Juan
Quarter
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Old San Juan is a historic district or quarter located at the "northwest triangle" of San Juan Islet in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Its area roughly correlates to the Ballajá, Catedral, Marina, Mercado, San Cristóbal, and San Francisco sub-barrios of barrio San Juan Antiguo in the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. San Juan is situated 4 km northeast of Palmas.
Palmas
- Location: Cataño, Northern Coast, Puerto Rico, Caribbean, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Palmas” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Palmas Barrio”
- Spanish: “Barrio Palmas”
- Spanish: “Palmas (Cataño)”
- Spanish: “Palmas (Puerto Rico)”
- Spanish: “Palmas”
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Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Palmas”. Photo: Jeff Hitchcock, CC BY 2.0.