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2 dni temu · Two small islands off the east coast, Vieques and Culebra, are administratively parts of Puerto Rico, as is Mona Island to the west. Compared with its Greater Antillean neighbours, Puerto Rico is one-fifth as large as the Dominican Republic, one-third the size of Haiti, and slightly smaller than Jamaica.
- The Debate Over Political Status
Puerto Rico - Political Status, Debate, Sovereignty: In...
- The Economy
Puerto Rico - Economy, Tourism, Manufacturing: Puerto Rico’s...
- Rule by the United States
Puerto Rico - US Rule, History, Culture: On October 18,...
- Settlement Patterns
Puerto Rico - Settlement, Geography, Culture: In the early...
- Finance and Trade
Puerto Rico’s political status is officially described in...
- The Commonwealth
Puerto Rico - Caribbean Island, US Territory, Culture: In...
- History
Puerto Rico - Spanish Colony, US Territory, Caribbean: The...
- Cultural Institutions
Puerto Rico - Cultural Institutions: Most of Puerto Rico’s...
- The Debate Over Political Status
1 dzień temu · Five territories (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) are permanently inhabited, unincorporated, territories; the other nine are small islands, atolls, and reefs with no native (or permanent) population.
2 dni temu · To the south it is bounded by the coasts of Venezuela, Colombia, and Panama; to the west by Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico; to the north by the Greater Antilles islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico; and to the east by the north-south chain of the Lesser Antilles ...
1 dzień temu · Map of the departments of Puerto Rico during Spanish provincial times (1886). The history of Puerto Rico began with the settlement of the Ortoiroid people before 430 BC. At the time of Christopher Columbus 's arrival in the New World in 1493, the dominant indigenous culture was that of the Taínos.
3 dni temu · Interesting facts about Puerto Rico. 1. Puerto Rico, a Caribbean island, borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. 2. Puerto Rico is an archipelago composed of a main island and two smaller populated islands, Culebra and Vieques. There are more than 100 deserted islands and cays. 3.
4 dni temu · Puerto Rico - Settlement, Geography, Culture: In the early 16th century Spanish explorers founded San Juan, which prospered throughout the colonial period as a trading port. The island’s other colonial settlements, also predominantly coastal, expanded slowly.
5 dni temu · A map shows that Hurricane Beryl winds will hit the Windward Islands by Monday morning, according to the newest storm update from the National Hurricane Center (NHC). Beryl strengthened into a ...
