Puerto Rico
66°30′W / 18.2°N 66.5°W
Puerto Rico (/ˌpɔːrtə ˈriːkoʊ/ or /ˌpwɛərtə ˈriːkoʊ/),[note 1] offeecially the Commonweel o Puerto Rico (Spainish: Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, [esˈtaðo ˈlibɾe asosˈjaðo ðe ˈpweɾto ˈriko]—literally Associatit Free State o Puerto Rico), is an unincorporatit territory o the Unitit States, locatit in the northeastren Caribbean Sea, east o the Dominican Republic an wast o the Virgin Islands.
Commonweel o Puerto Rico Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico | |
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Motto: "Ioannes est nomen eius" (Laitin) | |
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| Status | Unincorporatit Territory |
| Caipital | San Juan 18°27′N 66°6′W / 18.450°N 66.100°W |
| Lairgest ceety | capital |
| Offeecial leids | Spaingie (first offeecial leid) Inglis[1] |
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| Demonym(s) | Puerto Rican (formal) Boricua (colloquial) |
| Sovereign state |  Unitit States |
| Govrenment | Commonweel[b] |
• Preses | Joe Bidem |
• Govrenor | Pedro Pierluisi |
| Resident Commissioner Jennifer Gonzalez | |
| Legislatur | Legislative Assembly |
• Upper house | Senate |
• Lower house | Hoose o Representatives |
| Unincorporatit territory within the Unitit States | |
• Cession frae Spain | December 10, 1898 |
• U.S. ceetizenship grantit | Mairch 2, 1917 |
• Constitution adoptit | Julie 25, 1952 |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 9,104 km2 (3,515 sq mi) (169th) |
• Water (%) | 1.6 |
| Population | |
• 2015 estimate | 3,474,182[3] (130t) |
• 2010 census | 3,725,789 |
• Density | 382/km2 (989.4/sq mi) (29t) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2012 estimate |
• Total | $127 billion[4] (72nt) |
• Per capita | $34,527[5] (29t) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2013 estimate |
• Tot | $105.1 billion[6] (60t) |
• Per capita | $28,509[7] (32nt) |
| Gini (2011) | 0.531[8] law |
| HDI (2012) | 0.865[9] verra heich · 29t |
| Currency | Unitit States dollar ($) (USD) |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (Atlantic) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (not observed) |
| Drivin side | right |
| Cawin code | +1-787, +1-939 |
| ISO 3166 code | PR |
| Internet TLD | .pr |
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Name
Puerto Rico (Spaingie for "rich port") comprises an archipelago that includes the main island o Puerto Rico an a nummer o smawer islands, the lairgest o which are Vieques, Culebra, an Mona. The main island o Puerto Rico is the smawest bi land aurie o the Greater Antilles. It, housomeivver, ranks third in population amang that group o fower islands, which an aa include Cuba, Hispaniola, an Jamaica.
Puerto Ricans eften caw the island Borinquen, frae Borikén, its indigenous Taíno name, which means "Land o the Valiant Lord".[13][14][15] The terms boricua an borincano derive frae Borikén an Borinquen respectively, an are commonly uised tae identify someane o Puerto Rican heritage. The island is an aa popularly kent in Spaingie as "La Isla del Encanto" which means "The Island o Enchantment" in Inglis.
