Cupey is the largest barrio

Barrio

Barrio is a Spanish word meaning district or neighborhood.-Usage:In its formal usage in English, barrios are generally considered cohesive places, sharing, for example, a church and traditions such as feast days...

 in the municipality of San Juan

San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...

, and the third most populous with 36,659 inhabitants according to Census 2000. The territorial land area of Cupey is 7.49 square miles (19.40 km²). It is bound by the municipality of Caguas

Caguas, Puerto Rico

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 to the South, by the municipality of Trujillo Alto

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 to the East, by the barrios of Caimito

Caimito, San Juan, Puerto Rico

With a land area of 5.43 square miles , Caimito is the second largest barrio in the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. In the year 2000 it had 20,832 inhabitants and a population density of 3,835.3/sq mi...

 and Monacillo

Monacillo, San Juan, Puerto Rico

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 to the West, and by the barrios of El Cinco

El Cinco, San Juan, Puerto Rico

El Cinco is a barrio of the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico and a former barrio of the dissolved municipality of Rio Piedras. In the year 2000 it had a population of 7,149 and a land area of 1.37 square miles resulting in a population density of 5,207.9/sq mi...

 and Sabana Llana Sur to the North. Between 1990 and 2000 Cupey experienced a 17.98% in population growth making it the biggest population gainer of any barrio in San Juan.

History

The ward of Cupey was a former ward of the disappeared town of Rio Piedras, and was divided by the wards of Cupey Alto (Cupey Upward) and Cupey Bajo (Cupey Downward). In 1956, the Puerto Rico Legislature integated the town of Rio Piedras to the town of San Juan. Today, Cupey is the biggest ward in San Juan in territorial terms.

Geography

The Cupey ward is 7.49 square miles (19.40 km²). Its bound to the nort by the San Juan wards of El Cinco along State Road PR-176, and by Sabana Llana Sur in the Venus Gardens neighborhood. Form the south is bound by the town of Caguas starting in the itersection of state roads PR-176 and PR-175. From the east is bound by the town of Trujillo Alto along state road PR-199. From the west is bound by the San Juan wards of Caimito, starting at the intersection of state road PR-199 and state highway PR-52, and by Monacillo starting in the intersection of state road PR-1 and state highway PR-52. Its population in 2000 was 36,659. Its compose by many neighborhoods, these are:

• El Señorial
• Rivieras de Cupey
• Segunda Unidad
• Litheda Heights
• Antigua Via
• Venus Gardens Norte
• Venus Gardens Oeste
• Venus Gardens Sur
• El Paraiso Neighborhood
• El Dorado Neighborhood
• Rio Piedras Heights
• Crown Hills
• San Gerardo Village
• San Claudio Village
• Cupey Gardens
• Cupey Bajo
• Los Choferes
• Alturas de Cupey
• Fair View
• Las Curias
• Los Paseos