PUERTO RICO

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

RELIGION

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

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

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

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