Puerto Rico

By: Adrian Reyes

My Heritage

• My Heritage is Puerto Rican.• Both of my parents and my self where born

and raised there. I have lived in PR till the age of 8 & then moved to California.

• Both of my parents side live in Puerto Rico.

The original Homes of my ancestors ?

• My ancestors are originally from Puerto Ricans but they were Native Americans.

Did I live there for a while ?

• I was born & raised in Puerto Rico.• Then at the age of 8 I move to Compton,

California.

Puerto Rico’s Location & Size.

• Puerto Rico is an island between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

• The island lies east of the Dominican Republic.• With an area of 9,104 square kilometers

(3,515 square miles).• Puerto Rico is almost 3 times the size of the

state of Rhode Island.

Language

Puerto Rico has a Spanish language & dialect.

Special Holidays

• They have a holiday in the beginning of January called, “The Three Kings.”

Food

• Plantains. • Rice with beans and roast pork.• Stewed Beef.• Rice with Pigeon Peas.

Music

• Classical, Folk, Salsa & Bachata.

Population

• 3,998,905• SAN JUAN (capital) 2.73 million (2009)

Death Rate• total population: 79.07 years • male: 75.47 years • female: 82.84 years (2011 est.)

Sources

• "5 Traditional Puerto Rican Foods I Wish My Daughter Ate." Fox News Latino. Fox News Latino, Web. 27 Feb. 2013.

• Edwards, Melanie. "5 Traditional Puerto Rican Foods I Wish My Daughter Ate." Fox News Latino. Web. 27 Feb. 2013.