Hato Rey

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Hato Rey (Spanish for ''king’s cattle farm''), often considered the central business district of Puerto Rico, is a highly urbanized financial, commercial, and residential area in San Juan, the capital municipality of the archipelago and island. Located to the immediate south of Santurce barrio in the center of the San Juan metropolitan area and divided into the Hato Rey Norte, Hato Rey Central, and Hato Rey Sur barrios, it is about 3 to 6 miles (4.8 to 9.7 km) from the Old San Juan historic quarter, Condado and Isla Verde resort areas, and SJU airport. Hato Rey is home to the Milla de Oro financial district, José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, Hiram Bithorn Stadium, Telemundo International television network headquarters, and Plaza Las Américas shopping mall, the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico offices, among others. It was formerly a barrio of the dissolved municipality of Río Piedras, which was merged into San Juan in 1951.