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2. Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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   Puerto Rico is the smallest of the Greater Antilles. It is 80% of the size of Jamaica,[68]just over 18% of the size of Hispaniolaand 8% of the size of Cuba, the largest of the Greater Antilles. [69] The topography of the island is mostly mountainous with large flat areas in the northern and southern coasts.

3. History of Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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   History of Puerto Rico. Map of the departments of Puerto Rico during Spanish provincial times (1886). The history of Puerto Rico began with the settlement of the Ortoiroid people before 430 BC. At the time of Christopher Columbus 's arrival in the New World in 1493, the dominant indigenous culture was that of the Taínos.

4. Political status of Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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   The United States acquired the islands of Puerto Rico in 1898 after the Spanish–American War, and the archipelago has been under U.S. sovereignty since.In 1950, Congress enacted the Puerto Rico Federal Relations Act of 1950 or legislation (P.L. 81-600), authorizing Puerto Rico to hold a constitutional convention and, in 1952, the people of Puerto Rico ratified a constitution establishing a ...

5. Geography of Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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   Geology. Puerto Rico is composed of Cretaceous to Eocene volcanic and plutonic rocks, which are overlain by younger Oligocene to recent carbonates and other sedimentary rocks. Most of the caverns and karst topography on the island occurs in the northern Oligocene to recent carbonates. The oldest rocks are approximately 190 million years old ...

6. Puerto Ricans - Wikipedia

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   Puerto Ricans. Puerto Ricans ( Spanish: Puertorriqueños ), [12] [13] most commonly known as Boricuas, [a] [14] but also occasionally referred to as Borinqueños, Borincanos, [b] or Puertorros, [c] [15] are an ethnic group native to the Caribbean archipelago and island of Puerto Rico, and a nation identified with the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ...

7. Tropical Storm Ernesto is headed for Puerto Rico. Here’s ...

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   The combination of rain and wind could cause issues for Puerto Rico’s vulnerable electrical infrastructure. A gradual turn to the north is expected to begin Wednesday, eventually pulling Ernesto ...