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Bookmark or Share- Welcome to Puerto Rico! Visitor Information, History, and CulturePuerto Rico, Discover a Magnificent and Unique Island, Full of Adventures and Experiences. Puerto Rico, officially known as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico), is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the U.S. Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.
- History of Puerto Rico - XV Century - 1599Puerto Rico's History XV Century - 1599 XV Century. Taíno Indians who inhabited the territory, called the island Boriken or Borinquen which means: "the great land of the valiant and noble Lord" or "land of the great lords". Today this word -used in various modifications- is still popularly used to designate the people and island of Puerto Rico.
- Hatillo, Puerto RicoHatillo is located on the northern coast of Puerto Rico, bordering the Atlantic Ocean; north Lares and Utuado; east of Camuy; and west of Arecibo. Today, Hatillo is the mayor producer of milk in the island and produces the third part consumed in Puerto Rico. There are many well-known "hatillanos", among them: Velda González.
- Puerto Rico ZIP / Postal CodesThe U.S. Postal Service (USPS) administers and delivers the mail in Puerto Rico. In 1963 the U.S. Postal Service numbered every American post office with a five-digit ZIP code. The first digit of a five-digit ZIP code divides the United States into 10 large groups of states numbered from 0 in the Northeast to 9 in the far West - 00601 for ...
- Guánica, Puerto RicoLocated in driest area of Puerto Rico, temperatures in the forest are, on average, around 80 °F (27 °C) in shaded areas and 100 °F (38 °C) in exposed areas. The dry forest has 700 plant species of which 48 are endangered and 16 exist nowhere else, including the Puerto Rican woodpecker, the Puerto Rican lizard cuckoo and the Puerto Rican ...
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