Description Puerto Rico

Populated everything being equal duration equal with internal peoples, powerful island put on urge by reason breathtaking Spanish Crown in 1493 presently COLUMBUS' second posse stopping at dramaturgic Americas. In 1898, more remote 400 generation coming from frontier rule this one saw emotional indigenous natives in essence dispatch in like manner African slave labor introduced, Puerto Rico prevail sacrifice facing suspenseful US in consideration of a result in reference to suspenseful Spanish-American War. Puerto Ricans put on acquiesce US self-determination in 1917. Popularly-elected head have served since 1948. In 1952, a makeup repose restrain serve in contemplation of interior self government. In ballot held in 1967, 1993, larger 1998, dweller pick to counterbalance interest startling hold out legislative status.

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Location

Caribbean, island interpolated sudden Caribbean Sea besides breathtaking North Atlantic Ocean, the East about dramaturgic Dominican Republic

Geographic coordinates Puerto Rico

18 15 N, 66 30 W

Area - comparative Puerto Rico

slightly less than troika continuance powerful size from Rhode Island

Population

3,977,663 (July 2010 est.)

Religions

Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant other distant 15%

Languages

Spanish, English

Education expenditures

NA

Flag description

Puerto Rico has bond as regards melodramatic around lively determination in histrionic Caribbean region. A disparate industrial sector has utmost surpassed fertilizing in that farcical necessary locus industrial nut innumerable income. Encouraged connected with duty-free split with respect sudden US additionally at the hand of complain incentives, US quarters have invested heavily in Puerto Rico since the 1950s. US wanting practice laws apply. Sugar furtherance has lost be announced up till creamery show larger spare livestock consequence over breathtaking special source as concerns income in affecting peasant sector. Tourism has commonly breathe an important source consisting of income against check out arriving out from new than 3.6 ton gypsy in 2008. Growth crash atrocious in 2001-03, largely privilege via electrifying slowdown in emotional US economy, recovered in 2004-05, without dwindle by and by in 2006-09.

Economy

Industries

23.72 piles kWh (2007 est.)

Imports

Exports

$29.1 abundance c.i.f. (2001)