Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico, officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a self-governing Caribbean archipelago and island organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States under the designation of commonwealth. Located about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) southeast of Miami, Florida, between the Dominican Republic in the Greater Antilles and the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Lesser Antilles, it consists of the eponymous main island and numerous smaller islands, including Vieques, Culebra, and Mona.

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Local time
UTC-4 · 2 h ahead of Costa Rica
Main language
Spanish
On the map
18.22° N, 66.59° W

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A US territory with a deeply Caribbean soul — Old San Juan's blue cobblestones, the bioluminescent bay of Vieques, and El Yunque rainforest all in a single island.

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