Puerto Rico is a real-life, choose-your-own-adventure island and the story is yours to write. View of a garita and the ocean from El Morro, in Old San Juan.
Puerto Rico officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is a Caribbean island, Commonwealth, and unincorporated territory of the United States.
Puerto Rico
Territory
Puerto Rico is a Caribbean island and unincorporated U.S. territory with a landscape of mountains, waterfalls and the El Yunque tropical rainforest. In San Juan, the capital and largest city, the Isla Verde area is known for its hotel strip, beach...
Capital: San Juan
Official languages: Spanish and English
Population: 3.222 million (2022)
Governor: Pedro Pierluisi
Before annexation: Captaincy General of Puerto Rico
Calling code: +1 (787), +1 (939)
Cession from Spain: 10 December 1898
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Governor. Governor Pedro Pierluisi · Contact Governor Pierluisi. Phone: 1-787-721-7000. Main address: PO Box 9020082. San Juan, PR 00902-0082 ...
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