PUERTO RICO

Gobernador: Alejandro Garcia Padilla

Mapa de Puerto Rico• The island of Puerto Rico is almost rectangular in

shape, and is the smallest and the most eastern island of the Greater Antilles.

Moneda

La Capital: San Juan• San Juan is known as "La

Ciudad Amurallada" (the walled city). San Juan was founded in 1521.San Juan is one of the biggest and best natural harbors in the Caribbean and is the second oldest city in the Americas.San Juan is center of Caribbean shipping and is the 2nd largest sea port in the area (after New York City).

Ropa Tradicional

Los puertoriqueños

La música: La Salsa

Reggaeton:The newborn Puerto Rican rhythm

Puertoriqueños Famosos

Mofongo con Camarones

• Green mashed plantains with garlic, and pork skins

Arroz con Gandules

Platanos fritos

Pasteles

FLAN

Puerto Rico’s National Mascot:El Coquí

• The coquí is a very popular creature throughout the island and enlivens the evenings with its timid ko-kee from which it get its name. The coquies begin to sing when the sun goes down at dusk, singing all night long until dawn. The male coquí sings - not the female. You can find the coquí nearly everywhere.

Caribbean National Forest:El Yunque

• “El Yunque” get its name from an Indian spirit Yuquiye, which means "Forest of Clouds", that gave the mountain that dominates the 28,000 acre of tropical forest.It is the only tropical forest in the United States National Forest System.With over 240 species (26 species are found nowhere else) of trees and plants

San Juan

El Convento

La Barrachina

San Juan

Balneario del Condado

Paseo de la Princesa

El Morro