PUERTO RICO

LOCATION

A brief history of Puerto Rico: Puerto Rico was discovered by Christopher Columbus on November 19, 1493. In 1508 Juan De Leon founded a small Spanish colony by what is called Old San Juan today. On July 25, 1953 Puerto Rico was transformed into American territory. Today Puerto Rico is one of the only two states that isn't touching any other state.

THE CULTURE

• Puerto Ricans are very festive and religious people
• Every town has its own patron saint
• Some of the holidays they celebrate are Three Kings Day, Columbus Day, and San Juan Bautista Day
• Puerto Ricans are very theatrical and do many play productions
• They have many baseball fields because baseball is a very popular sport there

CLIMATE

POPULATION

• 3,978,702 (July 2010)
• Growth rate: .27% per year

FOOD

• In Puerto Rico there are a variety of foods
• Bacalaitos- crunchy cod
• Frijoles negros- black bean soup
• Different types of Caldero- beef stew
• Chicken and rice
• Shellfish
• Plantains- bananas prepared ways not raw

PRIMARY LANGUAGES

• Spanish
• English

PLACES TO VISIT

• San Juan- the capital of Puerto Rico
• Fort San Cristóbal- a fort on the coast where soliders used to stay and a place for protection now able to visit
• Museo De Arte- an art museum
• El Yunque national forest- the Puerto Rican rainforest with luscious green areas and waterfalls

FUN FACTS

• The time zone is the Atlantic standard time
• The national hymn is "La Borinqueña"
• Major religion is catholic (85%)
• The sun rise average is 6:54am

Sources
http://welcome.topuertorico.org/culture/foodrink.shtml

http://www.elyunque.com/about.html

http://www.mapr.org/es

http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1991/2/91.02.06.x.html#q

http://welcome.topuertorico.org/fastfacts.shtml

And this was Puerto Rico! Visit soon!