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PUERTO RICO

Published on Mar 15, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

GEOGRAPHY

  • Located in Caribbean
  • Between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean
  • Warm tropical climate
  • Area: Total 5,325 sq miles: Land: 3425 sq m Water: 1900 sq m
  • Land Use: 22% Agricultural land 63.2% Forest - 14.8% Other
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RELIGION

  • Majority are roman catholic
  • Religious freedom is guaranteed
  • Does not follow catholic dogma and rituals
  • 85% Roman catholic
  • 8% Protestant
  • 7% Other
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ACHEIVMENTS

  • The Taino's were the ancient civilization
  • The Taino called the island Borikén (Land of the Valiant Lord)
  • The Taino came up with the words hurricane (Huracán) and barbecue (Barbacoa)
  • The Taino also invented the hammock
  • San Juan is the second oldest European city in the Western Hemisphere
  • The world’s largest telescope is in Puerto Rico
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POLITICS

  • A territory of US commonwealth status
  • Has no Puerto Rican president
  • Alejandro Javier Garcia Padilla is Govenor
  • Civil law is based of Spanish civil code and US system
  • Universal sufferage for those over 18
  • Puerto Ricans are US citizens

ECONOMY

  • Puerto Rico uses the US dollar
  • GDP Per Capita of 28,500 US dollars
  • GDP Composition: Agriculture 0.9% Industry: 50.8% Services: 48.4%
  • Work force of 1.139 million
  • Puerto Rico is the 2nd richest territory in the Caribbean (GDP per capita)
  • $68.19 billion dollars of exports
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SOCIAL STRUCTURES

  • 3,598,357 Population
  • White 75.8%-African american 12.4%-Other 8.5%-Mixed 3.3%
  • Spanish and English are spoken
  • 93.3% Literacy rate