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= Puerto Rico =

= = **United Streaming Video** To learn more background information about this country, your teachers have selected this video for your viewing pleasure.

** Helpful Websites ** To learn about current events or information about this country, your teachers have found some helpful websites you may like to view on your research journey. Edit

[| Welcome to Puerto Rico Site!] This is a great site that provides diverse information about this country. We found it very interesting and helpful. Enjoy! Liam, Zach & Nate from Ayer

[] [|Puerto Rico Government] [|Events in Puerto Rico history]

**[] Cool Facts** Use this space to post any interesting facts you discover about Puerto Rico. 5th Grade ELO students across the district will be able to view the cool facts you post. Be sure to put your first name and school building after your fact. Do not duplicate facts.

Puerto Rico has a total of 13,790 square km of land. - Alex H. Puerto Rico has a population of 3,971,020 people. - Alex H. At birth males are expected to live for 74.85 years and females are expected to live for 82.39 years. - Alex H. They have a commonwealth type of government. - Alex H. Puerto Rico isn't divided into counties, but municipalities-Eric @Mercer Elementary In 1908 driving licenses began to be issued. - Alex H. Puerto Rico's leader is a governor, not a president. - Alex H.

 February 8th,2010 census  3,966,213 people  0-14 years:19.9%(male 404,635/female 386,733)  15-64 years:66%(1,260,114/female 1,361,193)  65+ years: 14.1%(male 240,318/female 318,027)  female total: 2,065,953(52.08%)  male total: 1,905,067(48.03%)

 Boundaries  Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean  East of the Dominican Republic  West of the Virgin Islands  [|en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Puerto_Rico]

 Puerto Rico has authority over its internal affairs. United States controls: interstate trade, foreign relations and commerce, customs administration, control of air, land and sea, immigration and emigration, nationality and citizenship, currency, maritime laws, military service, military bases, army, navy and air force, declaration of war, constitutionality of laws, jurisdictions and legal procedures, treaties, radio and television--communications, agriculture, mining and minerals, highways, postal system; Social Security, and other areas generally controlled by the federal government in the United States. Puerto Rican institutions control internal affairs unless U.S. law is involved, as in matters of public health and pollution. The major differences between Puerto Rico and the 50 states are exemption from some aspects of the Internal Revenue Code, its lack of voting representation in either house of the U.S. Congress (Senate and House of Representatives), the ineligibility of Puerto Ricans to vote in presidential elections, and its lack of assignation of some revenues reserved for the states.  Excerpt from [|Welcome to Puerto Rico]  Juan Ponce de Leon first found Puerto Rico inhabited by Arawak Indians. He became the first governor, although the Puerto Ricans hated him because he was cruel.

<span style="color: #4040c9; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;"> Puerto Rico is famous for it's fish, especially it's codfish.

<span style="color: #4040c9; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;"> It exports chemicals, electronics, apparel, canned tuna, rum, beverage concentrates, and medical equipment.

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