La Puntilla
La Puntilla is a neighborhood in Cataño barrio-pueblo, Cataño. La Puntilla is situated nearby to the neighborhood Vietnam, as well as near Residencial Rosendo Matienzo Cintrón.Places of Interest
Highlights include Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport and Fort San Felipe del Morro.
Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Jonathan Palombo, CC BY 2.0.
Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport, commonly known as Isla Grande Airport is a small airport in Puerto Rico serving the capital municipality of San Juan and its metropolitan area since 1929.
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 3 km north of La Puntilla.
Castillo San Cristóbal
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Castillo San Cristóbal is a fortress in the Old San Juan historic quarter of San Juan, the capital municipality of Puerto Rico, known for being the largest fortification built by the Spanish in the New World. Castillo San Cristóbal is situated 2½ km north of La Puntilla.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Juan and Isla Grande.
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.
Isla Grande
Neighborhood
Isla Grande is one of 40 subbarrios of Barrio Santurce, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Recently named the Convention Center District or "Distrito del Centro de Convenciones: it is bounded by Miramar, and the Condado Lagoon or Laguna del Condado. Isla Grande is situated 2½ km northeast of La Puntilla.
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 2½ km north of La Puntilla.
La Puntilla
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: Cataño barrio-pueblo, Cataño, Northern Coast, Puerto Rico, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
18.44336° or 18° 26′ 36″ northLongitude
-66.11406° or 66° 6′ 51″ westOpen location code
77CMCVVP+89OpenStreetMap ID
node 5184366268OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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