PUERTO RICO
Gobernador: Alejandro Garcia Padilla
Mapa de Puerto Rico• The island of Puerto Rico is almost rectangular in
shape, and is the smallest and the most eastern island of the Greater Antilles.
Moneda
La Capital: San Juan• San Juan is known as "La
Ciudad Amurallada" (the walled city). San Juan was founded in 1521.San Juan is one of the biggest and best natural harbors in the Caribbean and is the second oldest city in the Americas.San Juan is center of Caribbean shipping and is the 2nd largest sea port in the area (after New York City).
Ropa Tradicional
Los puertoriqueños
La música: La Salsa
Reggaeton:The newborn Puerto Rican rhythm
Puertoriqueños Famosos
Mofongo con Camarones
• Green mashed plantains with garlic, and pork skins
Arroz con Gandules
Platanos fritos
Pasteles
FLAN
Puerto Rico’s National Mascot:El Coquí
• The coquí is a very popular creature throughout the island and enlivens the evenings with its timid ko-kee from which it get its name. The coquies begin to sing when the sun goes down at dusk, singing all night long until dawn. The male coquí sings - not the female. You can find the coquí nearly everywhere.
Caribbean National Forest:El Yunque
• “El Yunque” get its name from an Indian spirit Yuquiye, which means "Forest of Clouds", that gave the mountain that dominates the 28,000 acre of tropical forest.It is the only tropical forest in the United States National Forest System.With over 240 species (26 species are found nowhere else) of trees and plants
San Juan
El Convento
La Barrachina
San Juan
Balneario del Condado
Paseo de la Princesa
El Morro