# Puerto Rico

| Free Associatit State o Puerto Rico *Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico* |
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| **Motto:**"Ioannes est nomen eius" (Laitin) |
| **Anthem: "La Borinqueña"*The Star-Spangled Banner*
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| Status | Unincorporatit Territory |
| Caipital | San Juan ﻿ / ﻿ |
| Lairgest ceety | capital |
| Offeecial leids | Spaingie (first offeecial leid) Inglis |
| Common leids | * Spaingie 94.4%
* Inglis 5.1%
* Ithers 0.5%
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| Ethnic groups  | * 75.8% White
* 12.4% Black
* 3.3% Twa or mair races
* 0.5% American Indian & Alaskan Native
* 0.2% Asian
* 0.1% Paceefic Islander
* 7.8% Ither
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| Demonym(s) | Puerto Rican (formal) Boricua (colloquial) |
| Sovereign state |  Unitit States |
| Govrenment | Commonweel |
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| • Preses  | Donald Trump |
| • Govrenor  | Jennifer González-Colón |
| • U.S. Hoose Delegate  | Resident Commissioner Pablo Hernandez Rivera |
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| Legislatur | Legislative Assembly |
| • Upper house | Senate |
| • Lower house | Hoose o Representatives |
| Unincorporatit territory within the Unitit States |
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| • Cession frae Spain  | December 10, 1898 |
| • U.S. ceetizenship grantit  | Mairch 2, 1917 |
| • Constitution adoptit  | Julie 25, 1952 |
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| Aurie |
| • Total | 9,104 km2 (3,515 sq mi) (169th) |
| • Water (%) | 1.6 |
| Population |
| • 2015 estimate | 3,474,182 (130t) |
| • 2010 census | 3,725,789 |
| • Density | 382/km2 (989.4/sq mi) (29t) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2012 estimate |
| • Total | $127 billion (72nt) |
| • Per capita | $34,527 (29t) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2013 estimate |
| • Tot | $105.1 billion (60t) |
| • Per capita | $28,509 (32nt) |
| Gini (2011) | 0.531 law |
| HDI (2012) | 0.865 verra heich · 29t |
| Currency | Unitit States dollar ($) (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 |
| 1. **^** "The Star-Spangled Banner" serves as the naitional anthem for the Unitit States o Americae an its territories.
2. **^** "The term 'Commonweel' disna describe or provide for ony specific poleetical status or relationship. It haes, for example, been applied tae baith states an territories. When uised in connection wi auries unner U.S. sovereignty that are nae states, the term broadly describes an aurie that is sel-govrenin unner a constitution o its adoption an whase richt o sel-govrenment will nae be unilaterally widrawn bi Congress."
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Territorial organization
PR Capitol, south side
**Puerto Rico** (Spaingie pronunciation: [ˈpweɾto ˈriko]), offeecially the **Commonweel o Puerto Rico** or the **Free Associatit State o Puerto Rico** (Spainish: *Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico*, [esˈtaðo ˈlibɾe asosˈjaðo ðe ˈpweɾto ˈriko]), 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.

## 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". 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.