Outline of Puerto Rico

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The location of Puerto Rico

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See also: Index of Puerto Rico-related articles

The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is a self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States of America located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands.^[1] The commonwealth comprises an archipelago that includes the main island of Puerto Rico and a number of smaller islands and keys, the largest of which are Vieques, Culebra, and Mona. The main island of Puerto Rico is the least extensive but the third most populous of the four Greater Antilles: Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico.

Puerto Ricans often call the island Borinquen, from Borikén, its indigenous Taíno name.^[2][3] The terms boricua and borincano derive from Borikén and Borinquen respectively, and are commonly used to identify someone of Puerto Rican heritage. The island is also popularly known as "La Isla del Encanto", which translated means "The Island of Enchantment."

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Puerto Rico:

General reference

An enlargeable basic map of Puerto Rico

• Pronunciation:
• Common English country name: Puerto Rico
• Official English country name: The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
• Common endonym(s):
• Official endonym(s):
• Adjectival(s): Puerto Rican
• Demonym(s):
• Etymology: Name of Puerto Rico
• ISO country codes: PR, PRI, 630
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:PR
• Internet country code top-level domain: .pr

Geography of Puerto Rico

Main article: Geography of Puerto Rico

• Puerto Rico is
  • an archipelagic island country (see also List of island countries)
  • a self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States
  • organized as a commonwealth
• Location:
  • Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
    • North America (though not on the mainland)
  • Atlantic Ocean
    • North Atlantic
      • Caribbean
        • Antilles
          • Greater Antilles
  • Time zone: Eastern Caribbean Time (UTC-04)
  • Extreme points of Puerto Rico
    • High: Cerro de Punta 1,338 m (4,390 ft)
    • Low: Caribbean Sea 0 m
  • Land boundaries: none
  • Coastline: 501 km
• Population of Puerto Rico: 3,991,000 - 26th most populous US jurisdiction
• Area of Puerto Rico: 9,104 km²
• Atlas of Puerto Rico

Environment of Puerto Rico

An enlargeable satellite image of Puerto Rico

Main article: Environment of Puerto Rico

• Climate of Puerto Rico
• Environmental issues in Puerto Rico
• Ecoregions in Puerto Rico
• Renewable energy in Puerto Rico
• Geology of Puerto Rico
• Protected areas of Puerto Rico
  • Biosphere reserves in Puerto Rico
  • National parks of Puerto Rico
• Superfund sites in Puerto Rico
• Wildlife of Puerto Rico
  • Flora of Puerto Rico
  • Fauna of Puerto Rico
    • Birds of Puerto Rico
    • Mammals of Puerto Rico

Natural geographic features of Puerto Rico

Main article: Landforms of Puerto Rico

• Beaches in Puerto Rico
• Glaciers: None
• Islands of Puerto Rico
• Lakes of Puerto Rico
• Mountains of Puerto Rico
  • Volcanoes in Puerto Rico
• Rivers of Puerto Rico
  • Waterfalls of Puerto Rico
• Valleys of Puerto Rico
• World Heritage Sites in Puerto Rico

Regions of Puerto Rico

Main article: Regions of Puerto Rico

Ecoregions of Puerto Rico

Main articles: List of ecoregions in Puerto Rico and Ecoregions in Puerto Rico

Administrative divisions of Puerto Rico

Main article: Administrative divisions of Puerto Rico

• Provinces of Puerto Rico
  • Districts of Puerto Rico
    • Municipalities of Puerto Rico

Provinces of Puerto Rico

Main article: Provinces of Puerto Rico

Districts of Puerto Rico

Main article: Districts of Puerto Rico

Municipalities of Puerto Rico

Main article: Municipalities of Puerto Rico

• Capital of Puerto Rico: San Juan
• Cities of Puerto Rico

Demography of Puerto Rico

Main article: Demographics of Puerto Rico

Government and politics of Puerto Rico

Main article: Government of Puerto Rico and Politics of Puerto Rico

• Form of government:
• Capital of Puerto Rico: San Juan

• Elections in Puerto Rico
  • (specific elections)
• Political parties in Puerto Rico
• Taxation in Puerto Rico

Branches of the government of Puerto Rico

Main article: Government of Puerto Rico

Executive branch of the government of Puerto Rico

• Head of state: President of the United States, Barack Obama
• Head of government: Governor of Puerto Rico, Luis Fortuño
  • Puerto Rico Department of State
  • Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development and Commerce

Legislative branch of the government of Puerto Rico

• Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico (bicameral)
  • Upper house: Senate of Puerto Rico
  • Lower house: House of Representatives of Puerto Rico

Judicial branch of the government of Puerto Rico

Main article: Court system of Puerto Rico

• Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

Foreign relations of Puerto Rico

Main article: Foreign relations of Puerto Rico

• Consular Offices in Puerto Rico
• United States-Puerto Rico relations

International organization membership

The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is a member of:^[1]

• Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) (observer)
• International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) (subbureau)
• International Olympic Committee (IOC)
• International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
• Universal Postal Union (UPU)
• World Confederation of Labour (WCL)
• World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
• World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) (associate)

Law and order in Puerto Rico

Main article: Law of Puerto Rico

• Capital punishment in Puerto Rico
• Constitution of Puerto Rico
• Crime in Puerto Rico
• Human rights in Puerto Rico
  • LGBT rights in Puerto Rico
  • Freedom of religion in Puerto Rico
• Law enforcement in Puerto Rico

Military of Puerto Rico

Main article: Military history of Puerto Rico

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief:
• Military of Puerto Rico
• Puerto Rico National Guard
• Puerto Rico Air National Guard
• List of Puerto Rican military personnel

Local government in Puerto Rico

Main article: Local government in Puerto Rico

History of Puerto Rico

Main article: History of Puerto Rico

• Economic history of Puerto Rico
• Military history of Puerto Rico
• Indigenous people
  • Ortoiroid people
  • Saladoid people
  • Arawak
  • Taíno
  • On November 19, 1493, a Spanish fleet under the command of Christoffa Corombo (Christopher Columbus) lands on a large island inhabited by Taíno people that he names San Juan Bautista (Saint John the Baptist, now Puerto Rico).
  • On August 8, 1508, Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León establishes Capárra, the first European settlement on the island of San Juan Bautista.
• Viceroyalty of New Spain, 1519–1821
  • Captaincy General of Puerto Rico, 1580-1898
    • Military history of Puerto Rico
    • Black history in Puerto Rico
    • Royal Decree of Graces of 1815
    • El Grito de Lares, 1868
    • Moret Law of 1870
    • Intentona de Yauco
• Spanish-American War, April 23 – August 12, 1898
  • Spanish Empire declares war on the United States, April 23, 1898
  • United States invasion of Puerto Rico, July 25, 1898
  • Treaty of Paris, December 10, 1898
• United States Military government of Porto Rico, December 10, 1898 – May 1, 1900
• United States Government of Porto Rico, May 1, 1900 – March 2, 1917
  • Foraker Act of 1900
  • World War I, June 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918
• United States Territory of Porto Rico, March 2, 1917 – May 17, 1932
  • Jones-Shafroth Act of March 2, 1917
  • Puerto Ricans in World War I War on April 6, 1917
• United States Territory of Puerto Rico, May 17, 1932 – July 25, 1952
  • Puerto Ricans in World War II, September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945
    • United States enters Second World War on December 8, 1941
  • Cold War, March 5, 1946 – December 25, 1991
  • Korean War, June 25, 1950 – July 27, 1953
• Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Revolts of the 1950s
  • Ponce Massacre
  • Río Piedras massacre
  • Jayuya Uprising
  • Utuado Uprising
  • Nationalist attack of San Juan
• Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico) since July 25, 1952
  • Constitution of Puerto Rico of July 25, 1952
  • Puerto Ricans in the Vietnam War, September 26, 1959 – April 30, 1975
  • Persian Gulf War, August 2, 1990 – February 28, 1991
  • Attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001
  • Afghanistan War, since October 7, 2001
  • Iraq War, since March 20, 2003
  • Political status of Puerto Rico

Culture of Puerto Rico

Main article: Culture of Puerto Rico

• Architecture of Puerto Rico
• Cuisine of Puerto Rico
• Ethnicity in Puerto Rico
  • African immigration to Puerto Rico
  • Chinese immigration to Puerto Rico
  • Corsican immigration to Puerto Rico
  • French immigration to Puerto Rico
  • German immigration to Puerto Rico
  • Irish immigration to Puerto Rico
  • Jewish immigration to Puerto Rico
  • Spanish immigration to Puerto Rico
• Festivals in Puerto Rico
• Media in Puerto Rico
• National symbols of Puerto Rico
  • Coat of arms of Puerto Rico
  • Flags of Puerto Rico
  • National anthem of Puerto Rico
• People of Puerto Rico
• Public holidays in Puerto Rico
• Religion in Puerto Rico
  • Buddhism in Puerto Rico
  • Christianity in Puerto Rico
    • Roman Catholicism in Puerto Rico
    • Protestantism in Puerto Rico
  • Hinduism in Puerto Rico
  • Islam in Puerto Rico
  • Judaism in Puerto Rico
• World Heritage Sites in Puerto Rico

Art in Puerto Rico

• Art in Puerto Rico
• Cinema of Puerto Rico
• Literature of Puerto Rico
• Music of Puerto Rico
• Television in Puerto Rico
• Theatre in Puerto Rico

Sports in Puerto Rico

Main article: Sports in Puerto Rico

• Football in Puerto Rico
• Puerto Rico at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Puerto Rico

Main article: Economy of Puerto Rico

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 95th (ninety-fifth)

• Agriculture in Puerto Rico
• Banking in Puerto Rico
  • Puerto Rico Government Development Bank
• Communications in Puerto Rico
  • Internet in Puerto Rico
• Companies of Puerto Rico

• Currency of Puerto Rico: Dollar
  • ISO 4217: USD

• Economic history of Puerto Rico
• Energy in Puerto Rico
  • Energy policy of Puerto Rico
  • Oil industry in Puerto Rico
• Mining in Puerto Rico
• Tourism in Puerto Rico
• Transport in Puerto Rico

• Puerto Rico Stock Exchange

Education in Puerto Rico

Main article: Education in Puerto Rico

Infrastructure of Puerto Rico

• Health care in Puerto Rico
• Transportation in Puerto Rico
  • Airports in Puerto Rico
  • Rail transport in Puerto Rico
  • Roads in Puerto Rico
• Water supply and sanitation in Puerto Rico

See also

	Geography portal
	Puerto Rico portal
	Caribbean portal
	Latin America portal

Main article: Puerto Rico

• Index of Puerto Rico-related articles
• Did you know-Puerto Rico?
• List of international rankings
• List of Puerto Rico-related topics
• Outline of geography
• Outline of North America
• Outline of the Caribbean
• Outline of the United States

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Puerto Rico". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 7, 2009. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rq.html. Retrieved July 23, 2009. 
2. ^ Allatson, Paul. Key Terms in Latino/a Cultural and Literary Studies, p. 47. Malden, Mass: Blackwell Publishing, 2007. ISBN 1405102500.
3. ^ Dictionary: Taino Indigenous Peoples of the Caribbean Retrieved: February 21, 2008. (Based on the encyclopedia "Clásicos de Puerto Rico", 2nd. edition. Ed. Cayetano Coll y Toste. Publisher: Ediciones Latinoamericanas, S.A., 1972.).

External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican government

• Official website (Spanish)

United States government

• Application of the U.S. Constitution in U.S. Insular Areas

United Nations (U.N.) Declaration on Puerto Rico

• U.N. Decolonization Committee's press release on what it deems as the colonial political status of Puerto Rico

Country, Regions and territories profiles

• BBC Territory profile
• Encyclopaedia Britannica profile
• CIA - The World Factbook

Other

• Puerto Rico travel guide from Wikitravel