Facts about Puerto Rico
Learn some basic facts about Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico with around 3.2 million people and close to 5 million Puerto Ricans living in the United States is currently a territory of the United States, with US citizenship by birth and US travelers can enter the Island without having a passport. US travelers also do not require international calling plans for their phones.
Location and Currency
Puerto Rico is the smallest island of the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean, located to the east of the Dominican Republic.
The currency used in Puerto Rico is the US dollar.
Transport
You can get to Puerto Rico by air or by sea. Airlines such as Delta, American Airlines, United, Southwest, Jet Blue and Spirit Airlines have direct flights to the Island. To give you an idea, the Island receives more than 1,300 non-stop flights weekly and almost 1,000 direct flights. Most of these flights come from cities like New York, Boston, Orlando, Philadelphia, Hartford, Dallas, Houston, Baltimore, Washington, and Chicago.
Climate
La temperatura varía entre 70 y 90 grados Fahrenheit durante todo el año. Puede bajar a unos 60 grados en la zona montañosa central durante diciembre y enero. El clima en Puerto Rico es cálido y tropical (es decir, espera lluvias vespertinas durante los meses de verano).
Other data:
- The legal age to consume alcoholic beverages in Puerto Rico is 18 years.
- The Island has almost 300 miles of coastline and almost as many beaches.
- Puerto Rico has the largest shopping center in the Caribbean, Plaza Las Américas, and the largest rum factory in the world, Casa Bacardí.
- El Yunque is the only tropical forest in the United States Forest System and is located in Puerto Rico. The forest receives more than 120 inches of rain each year.
- Aunque Puerto Rico es un territorio estadounidense, compite como país individual en los concursos de Miss Universo y las Olimpiadas.
- Flamenco Beach, in Culebra, has been recognized as one of the 10 best beaches in the world on multiple occasions.
- The piña colada was invented in Puerto Rico.
- The remains of Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León lie in a tomb inside the Cathedral of San Juan.
- You can see the lottery numbers for Puerto Rico and the United States by clicking here.
- You can see the traffic conditions in real time with the Puerto Rico Highway Authority cameras by clicking here.
- You can see real-time traffic with Waze Apps by clicking here.
- You can see real weather conditions here.
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