WELCOME TO PUERTO RICO

LOCATION

• The capital of Puerto Rico is San Juan 📍
• Located in the Caribbean's between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic ocean 🌊
• Puerto Rico is east of the Dominican Republic
• One major mountain range is Cerro punt a it is the highest point in Puerto Rico 🗻
• The longest river is Grande de Arecibo

THE PUERTO RICAN FLAG

• The Puerto Rican flag has 5 alternate red and white stripes on the left side of the flag is a 5 point white star resting in a blue triangle
• Red stripes: blood that feeds those parts of government
• White stripes: the rights of man and the freedom of the individual
• The white star stands for commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the theee sides of the triangle represents the three branches of government🇵🇷

ECONOMY

• The population size of Puerto Rico is 3,598,357 ( July 2015 est)
• The currency is one U.S dollar
• 100¢ is a U.S dollar also known as " Pesos"
• A major product in Puerto Rico is plantation sugar

GOVERNMENT

• In Puerto Rico they are a self government type of government, the chief of state is the U.S. President
• The head of government is an elected governor
• There is 2 legislative chambers, The House of Representatives (51 seats) and The Senate (27 seats)
• The current head of government is Barak Obama
• The main religion in Puerto Rico is Roman Catholic 🙏🏾

WEATHER

• Hurricane season in Puerto Rico is between November to april🌪
• Hurricanes are most frequent between August and october
• Rain doubles between May and october
• The north coast get twice as much rain than the south coast☔️
• The driest period is between January and April

5 INTERESTING F FACTS ABOUR PUERTO RICO

• The national bird is the Reina Mora🐥
• The national flower is " Flor de maga"🌺
• The national tree is the Ceiba🌲
• The national holiday is on December 19th , The discovery of Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
• The national hymn is "La Borinqueña"

PHRASES UNIQUE TO PUERTO RICO ARE..

• Tomar el pelo( to take someone's hair) in English ( pulling ones leg)
• Aquí hay gate encerrado (there's a trapped cat here) in English ( something fishy is going on)
• Ser como jamón del sandwich means to 3rd wheel in a social situation

FAMOUS PEOPLE

• Roberto Clemente a baseball player from Puerto Rico
• Ricardo E. Algeria a scholar known as the " father of modern Puerto Rican archaeology".

SOURCES

• Pictures: Haikudeck"You've Got an Amazing Idea." Presentation Software. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Oct. 2016.
• Information: Rivera, M. R. (n.d.). Welcome to Puerto Rico! History, Government, Geography, and Culture. Retrieved October 10, 2016, from http://welcome.topuertorico.org/