Tortugo

Tortugo is one of the 18 barrios in the municipality of . It is the third smallest barrio of San Juan in land area and had a population of 4,543 inhabitants in 2010.
Wikipedia
Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: barrio in San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • Also known as: “Tortugo Barrio”, “Tortugo, Puerto Rico”, “Tortugo, San Juan”, and “Tortugo, San Juan, Puerto Rico”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Professional Hospital Guaynabo and Museum of Transportation of Puerto Rico.

Hospital
Photo: Danthelion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a private general hospital in Guaynabo, . It encompasses the Vascular Institute of Puerto Rico—site where the first vascular stent in Puerto Rico was placed.

Museum
Photo: Miosotis jade, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a museum located in the town of Guaynabo, which documents the history of transportation in Puerto Rico, from the canoes used by the natives, to the actual subway system located in the metro area known as the "Tren Urbano".

Bridge
Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.
The is a brick and masonry barrel vault bridge built in 1855 in . Also known as Puente de los Frailes, it brings what is now Puerto Rico Highway 873 across Frailes Creek, a tributary to the .

Tortugo

Latitude
18.3427° or 18° 20′ 34″ north
Longitude
-66.0923° or 66° 5′ 32″ west
Elevation
69 metres (226 feet)
Open location code
77CM8WV5+33
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9520535559
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7269050
Wiki­data ID
Q6151018
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Satellite Map

Discover Tortugo from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Tortugo” goes by many names.

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