Welcome to Puerto Rico
A few basic facts
- Location:1,000 miles southeast of Miami;
3¾ hours by plane from Atlanta and New York, 4 hours from Boston and
2½ hours from Miami.
- Size: 110 by 35 miles, roughly the size of Connecticut.
- Population: 3.6 million.
- Languages: Spanish and English.
- Currency: U.S. dollar.
- Economy: A major producer and exporter of
manufactured goods, high-technology equipment and pharmaceutics, Puerto Rico
also features employment in goverment service, business, agriculture and
tourism.
- History: Settled by indigenous groups for
thousands of years before the arrival of Columbus in 1493, Puerto Rico
was a Spanish colony for four centuries, with early military preoccupations
replaced by agricultural and economical concerns by the 19th century.
Since 1898 it has been under United States sovereignty, and Puerto Ricans hold
U.S. citizenship.
More facts about Puerto Rico the shinning star of the
Caribbean.
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