PUERTO RICO

is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern

Caribbean Sea, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands.

FLAG: Red, white and blue

LANGUAGE: Spanish and English

RELIGION; The Roman Catholic Church

CURRENCY: American dolar

FOOD:

bacalaitos, crunchy cod fritters;

surullitos, sweet plump cornmeal fingers; and

empanadillas, crescent-shaped turnovers filled with lobster, crab, conch, or

beef.

Soups are a popular, one of the best-known soups, frijoles negros (black-bean
soup

Another classic soup is sopón de pollo con arroz -chicken soup with rice-

Garbanzos( chickpeas)

Other typical main dishes include fried beefsteak with onions, fried fish, fried
plantains

DRESS¨

The Guayabera - Traditional dress for men on the island

 PUERTO RICO

Puerto Rico officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: "Estado

Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" — literally Associated Free State of Puerto
Rico), is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the
northeastern Caribbean Sea, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the
Virgin Islands.

Puerto Rico (Spanish for "rich port") is composed of an archipelago that

includes the main island of Puerto Rico and a number of smaller islands, the
largest of which are Vieques, Culebra, and Mona. The main island of Puerto
Rico is the smallest by land area of the Greater Antilles. It, however, ranks
third in population among that group of four islands, which also include Cuba,
Hispaniola, and Jamaica.

Puerto Ricans often call the island Borinquen, from Borikén, its indigenous
Taíno name, which means "Land of the Valiant Lord".[7][8][9]The terms boricua
and borincano derive from Borikén and Borinquen respectively, and are
commonly used to identify someone of Puerto Rican heritage. The island is
also popularly known in Spanish as "La Isla del Encanto" which means "The
Island of Enchantment" in English.
 Estado Libre Asociado
de Puerto Rico
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Territorio no incorporado de EE.UU.

Bandera Escudo

Lema: latín: "Joannes est nomen eius"

español: "Juan es su nombre"

Himno: La Borinqueña

San Juan
Capital

• Población 449.188 (2004)

• Coordenadas 18° 29′ N 66° 08′ O