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==== Santurce ==== {{Main|Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico}} [[File:La Placita de Santurce en Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.jpg|left|thumb|[[La Placita de Santurce|''La Placita'']] in Santurce (2020).]] [[File:Highrise on Ashford Avenue, Condado, Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.jpg|thumb|Highrises on [[Ashford Avenue]] in [[Condado (Santurce)|El Condado]].]] Santurce is the largest and most populated barrio in the municipality of San Juan, and one of the most densely populated areas of the island (13,257.4 persons per square mile).<ref>{{cite web |title=Link to Puerto Rico – San Juan |url=http://www.proyectosalonhogar.com/Link%20P.R/www.linktopr.com/sanjuan.html |access-date=November 29, 2012 |work=Proyecto Salón Hogar |language=es}}</ref> Santurce, originally named ''San Mateo de Cangrejos'' (Saint Matthew of the Crabs), was a settlement for [[Freedman|freed African slaves]] during the early days of the city. After Pablo Ubarri Capetillo, a Spanish railroad developer and ''Count of San José de Santurce'' under the Spanish colonial period, sought permission to link San Juan with Río Piedras proper via steam tramway in 1878, the time it took to travel between both points were shortened and thereby stimulated the colonization and growth of the district. At the beginning of the twentieth century an electric trolley was installed, the township was split into three parts, and its main settlement, merged with the city, was renamed using the Spanish spelling of [[Santurtzi]] (''[[Saint George]]'' in Basque), Ubarri's birthplace in [[Biscay|Vizcaya]], Spain. The "Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico" ([[Puerto Rico Museum of Art]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mapr.org/|title=Official site of the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico|language=es|publisher=Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico|year=2006|access-date=2007-05-06|archive-date=March 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306085246/http://www.mapr.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> and other important cultural venues are located in Santurce. This barrio is further divided into subbarrios such as the tourist-oriented neighborhood of [[Condado (Santurce)|Condado]], which occupies land that used to be owned by Ubarri Capetillo. Beaches such as nearby [[Ocean Park (Santurce)|Ocean Park]], popular with swimmers, [[surfers]] and [[kitesurfers]], are found all along the district's Atlantic coastline which is also the locus of numerous hotels.<ref>{{cite web |year=2007 |title=Puerto Rico Cheap Hotels: Condado, Old San Juan, Isla Verde and Ocean Park budget hotels |url=http://www.puertoricocheaphotels.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419025520/http://puertoricocheaphotels.com/ |archive-date=April 19, 2018 |access-date=2007-05-06 |publisher=Hola San Juan}}</ref> [[Miramar (Santurce)|Miramar]] is mainly a residential area rising south of the Condado Lagoon. It comprises the former ''[[barrio]]'' of Miraflores, as well as drained marshland and landfill over which was built San Juan's first airport, the Isla Grande airport, which was renamed [[Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport]] in honor of Major [[Fernando Luis Ribas-Dominicci]] (USAF). Miramar now hosts the [[Puerto Rico Convention Center]] as well as some of San Juan Harbor's cruise ship piers. In 2005 Miramar was designated an historical district of Puerto Rico.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miramarpr.com/|title=Informese: Miramar designated a historical district|publisher=MiramarPR|year=2007|access-date=2007-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014192026/http://miramarpr.com/|archive-date=October 14, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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