Río Piedras
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Río Piedras is the largest district in the city of San Juan in Puerto Rico . Founded in 1714, it has been home to the most important university in the country since 1903. This owns the publicly accessible botanical garden of San Juan, in which over 200 species can be found. Río Piedras with the districts Caimito, Cupey, El Cinco, Gobernador Piñero, Hato Rey, Monacillo, Oriente, Quebrada Arenas, Sabana Llana, Tortugo and Universidad was originally independent, but was incorporated on July 1, 1951.
Sons and daughters of the district
- Jaime Figueroa (1910-2003), violinist
- Juan Venegas (1929-1987), boxer
- Daddy Yankee (born 1977), singer
- Ricky Martin (* 1971), singer
- Angel Pagán , Chicago Cubs outfielder
- Joel Pineiro , starting pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals
- JC Romero , relief pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies
- Alexander Diaz , graduate of the French Culinary Institute , city chief of New York
- Rubén "El Indio" Sierra , baseball player
- Rubén Gotay , 2nd baseman of the New York Mets
- Pedro Feliciano , pitcher for the New York Mets
- Bengie Molina (* 1974), Texas Rangers catcher
- Joaquín Phoenix (born 1974), artist
- La India (* 1969), salsa singer, winner of the Grammy Award and the Latin Grammy Award , nominated for Princess of Salsa
- Tito Nieves (* 1958), salsa singer
- Mario Hernández (1924–2013), musician and composer
- Carlos de León (1959-2020), boxer
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Coordinates: 18 ° 23 ′ N , 66 ° 3 ′ W