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Last update: Saturday 31st of July 2010
| Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico Commonwealth of Puerto Rico | |||||
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| Motto: Latin: Joannes Est Nomen Eius; Spanish: Juan es su nombre (English: "John is his name") | |||||
| Anthem: La Borinqueña | |||||
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| Capital (and largest city) | San Juan | ||||
| Official languages | Spanish and English | ||||
| Government | Commonwealth | ||||
| - Governor | Aníbal Acevedo Vilá | ||||
| Independence | None (U.S. territory with Commonwealth status) | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - Total | 9,104 km² (169th) 3,514 sq mi | ||||
| - Water (%) | 1.6 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| - July 2005 estimate | 3,912,055 (126th) | ||||
| - 2005 census | 3,913,054 | ||||
| - Density | 434 /km² (21st) 1,115 /sq mi | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2005 estimate | ||||
| - Total | $72.37 billion (68th) | ||||
| - Per capita | $18,500 (N/A) | ||||
| Currency | United States dollar (USD) | ||||
| Time zone | AST (UTC-4) | ||||
| - Summer (DST) | No DST (UTC-4) | ||||
| Internet TLD | .pr; .us | ||||
| Calling code | +1-787 and +1-939 | ||||
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, IPA ), also Porto Rico (archaic) and more commonly Puerto Rico, is a United States unincorporated territory with Commonwealth status located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands; about 1,000 miles off the south coast of Florida. The archipelago of Puerto Rico includes the main island of Puerto Rico, the smallest of the Greater Antilles, and a number of smaller islands and keys, the largest of which are Mona, Vieques, and Culebra. Puerto Ricans sometimes refer to their island as Borikén, or the Spanish variant Borinquen, a name for the island used by indigenous Taíno people, and from which derives a term used for Puerto Ricans: 'boricua'.
The nature of Puerto Rico's political relationship with the United States is the subject of ongoing debate in the island, the United States Congress, and the United Nations. Those who support maintaining the status quo (i.e., Commonwealth status) insist that upon attaining this status, Puerto Rico entered into a voluntary association with the U.S. "in the nature of a compact", but according to a President's Task Force report, Puerto Rico is an unincorporated organized territory of the United States, subject to the plenary powers of the U.S. Congress and with the "right to establish a constitution for the internal administration of government and on matters of purely local concern".
KOCH Records today announced recording Puerto Rican and Aruban rapper Jim Jones has continued to innovate by making his new video for "Emotionless" available exclusively on the iTunes Store. This initiative marks the first time ever that a hip hop video has world premiered on iTunes.
Puerto Rican band Balún, self-described as electro-acoustic pop have released a brilliant album entitled Something Comes Our Way on the up-and-coming indie label Brilliante Records.
Improvements to Ponce's Port of the Americas (Puerto de Las Americas) have helped to usher in five cruises that will include Ponce on their Caribbean destinations in 2007 and 2008.
This is a hot upskirt video by sexy Puerto Rican weathergirl, Jackie Guerrido. Pay close attention. There are upskirts, and there are upskirts. This video belongs with any collection of Britney Spears pussy pics, who is the champion of crotch shots.
On Monday, what was a major investigation into doping in cycling came to an anticlimactic end for those anticipating a strong legal stance against alleged cheats. Judge Antonio Serrano ruled that he could not charge anyone because Spain’s doping law did not exist when the case, dubbed Operation Puerto, broke last May.