Outline of Puerto Rico

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Puerto Rico:

The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is a self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States of America located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands.^[1] The commonwealth comprises an archipelago that includes the main island of Puerto Rico and a number of smaller islands and keys, the largest of which are Vieques, Culebra, and Mona. The main island of Puerto Rico is the least extensive but the third most populous of the four Greater Antilles: Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico.

Puerto Ricans often call the island Borinquen, from Borikén, its indigenous Taíno name.^[2]^[3] 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 as "La Isla del Encanto", which translated means "The Island of Enchantment."

General reference

An enlargeable map of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

Pronunciation:
Common English country name: Puerto Rico
Official English country name: The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Common endonym(s):
Official endonym(s):
Adjectival(s): Puerto Rican
Demonym(s):
Etymology: Name of Puerto Rico
ISO country codes: PR, PRI, 630
ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:PR
Internet country code top-level domain: .pr

Geography of Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico is
- an archipelagic island country (see also List of island countries)
- a self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States
- organized as a commonwealth
Location:
- Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
  - North America (though not on the mainland)
- Atlantic Ocean
  - North Atlantic
    - Caribbean
      - Antilles
        Greater Antilles
- Time zone: Eastern Caribbean Time (UTC-04)
- Extreme points of Puerto Rico
  - High: Cerro de Punta 1,338 m (4,390 ft)
  - Low: Caribbean Sea 0 m
- Land boundaries: none
- Coastline: 501 km
Population of Puerto Rico: 3,991,000 – 26th most populous US jurisdiction
Area of Puerto Rico: 9,104 km²
Atlas of Puerto Rico

Environment of Puerto Rico

An enlargeable satellite image of Puerto Rico

Natural geographic features of Puerto Rico

Regions of Puerto Rico

Ecoregions of Puerto Rico

Administrative divisions of Puerto Rico

Provinces of Puerto Rico
- Districts of Puerto Rico
  - Municipalities of Puerto Rico

Provinces of Puerto Rico

Districts of Puerto Rico

Municipalities of Puerto Rico

Capital of Puerto Rico: San Juan
Cities of Puerto Rico

Demography of Puerto Rico

Government and politics of Puerto Rico

Politics of Puerto Rico

Branches of the government of Puerto Rico

Executive branch of the government of Puerto Rico

Legislative branch of the government of Puerto Rico

Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico (bicameral)
- Upper house: Senate of Puerto Rico
- Lower house: House of Representatives of Puerto Rico

Judicial branch of the government of Puerto Rico

Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

Foreign relations of Puerto Rico

International organization membership

The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is a member of:^[1]

Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) (observer)
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) (subbureau)
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
Universal Postal Union (UPU)
World Confederation of Labour (WCL)
World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) (associate)

Law and order in Puerto Rico

Military of Puerto Rico

Local government in Puerto Rico

History of Puerto Rico

Military history of Puerto Rico
Indigenous people
- Ortoiroid people
- Saladoid people
- Arawak
- Taíno
- On November 19, 1493, a Spanish fleet under the command of Christoffa Corombo (Christopher Columbus) lands on a large island inhabited by Taíno people that he names San Juan Bautista (Saint John the Baptist, now Puerto Rico).
- On August 8, 1508, Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León establishes Capárra, the first European settlement on the island of San Juan Bautista.
Viceroyalty of New Spain, 1519–1821
- Captaincy General of Puerto Rico, 1580-1898
  - Military history of Puerto Rico
  - Royal Decree of Graces of 1815
  - El Grito de Lares of 1868
  - Moret Law of 1870
  - Intentona de Yauco of 1898
Spanish–American War, April 23 – August 12, 1898
- Spanish Empire declares war on the United States, April 23, 1898
- United States invasion of Puerto Rico, July 25, 1898
- Treaty of Paris, December 10, 1898
United States Military government of Porto Rico, December 10, 1898 – May 1, 1900
United States Government of Porto Rico, May 1, 1900 – March 2, 1917
- Foraker Act of 1900
- World War I, June 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918
United States Territory of Porto Rico, March 2, 1917 – May 17, 1932
- Jones–Shafroth Act of March 2, 1917
- Puerto Ricans in World War I War on April 6, 1917
United States Territory of Puerto Rico, May 17, 1932 – July 25, 1952
- Puerto Ricans in World War II, September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945
  - United States enters Second World War on December 8, 1941
- Cold War, March 5, 1946 – December 25, 1991
- Korean War, June 25, 1950 – July 27, 1953
Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Revolts of the 1950s
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico) since July 25, 1952
- Constitution of Puerto Rico of July 25, 1952
- Puerto Ricans in the Vietnam War, September 26, 1959 – April 30, 1975
- Persian Gulf War, August 2, 1990 – February 28, 1991
- Afghanistan War, since October 7, 2001
- Iraq War, since March 20, 2003
- Political status of Puerto Rico

Culture of Puerto Rico

Art in Puerto Rico

Sports in Puerto Rico

Economy and infrastructure of Puerto Rico

Education in Puerto Rico

Infrastructure of Puerto Rico

References

^ ^a ^b "Puerto Rico". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 7, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
^ Allatson, Paul. Key Terms in Latino/a Cultural and Literary Studies, p. 47. Malden, Mass: Blackwell Publishing, 2007. ISBN 1-4051-0250-0.
^ Dictionary: Taino Indigenous Peoples of the Caribbean Retrieved: February 21, 2008. (Based on the encyclopedia "Clásicos de Puerto Rico", 2nd. edition. Ed. Cayetano Coll y Toste. Publisher: Ediciones Latinoamericanas, S.A., 1972.).

External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican government

Official website Template:Es icon

United States government

Application of the U.S. Constitution in U.S. Insular Areas

United Nations (U.N.) Declaration on Puerto Rico

U.N. Decolonization Committee's press release on what it deems as the colonial political status of Puerto Rico

Country, Regions and territories profiles

Other

Puerto Rico travel guide from Wikivoyage

[CIA_World_Factbook-1] "Puerto Rico". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 7, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.

[2] Allatson, Paul. Key Terms in Latino/a Cultural and Literary Studies, p. 47. Malden, Mass: Blackwell Publishing, 2007. ISBN 1-4051-0250-0.

[3] Dictionary: Taino Indigenous Peoples of the Caribbean Retrieved: February 21, 2008. (Based on the encyclopedia "Clásicos de Puerto Rico", 2nd. edition. Ed. Cayetano Coll y Toste. Publisher: Ediciones Latinoamericanas, S.A., 1972.).

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