Puerto Rico

About half the population lives in the San Juan Metropolitan Area.

Look at their skin and accent

'unclear from sources' - (Steve tingey UK) posted the following - Carnival cruises would typically leave san juan and take 15 hours to make the distance. The ships actual speed is unknown but based on the fact the same ship takes 23 hours to travel 902 nautical miles from Miami to san juan, the basic calculation allows us to estimate the ships average speed would be circa 39.2 nautical kilometres per hour.

Accepting this assumed speed as the average speed, we can expect the distance of San Juan to St tHomas to be approximately 588 nautical mile.

CORRECTION: Poster errs by switching from nautical miles to nautical kilometers (100 NM=115 statute miles=184Km). The 39.2 calculation would be knots (NM/hr, not NKm/hr). Poster also assumes ship is steaming at close to full throttle on both legs of the trip which is incorrect. Distance between San Juan PR & St. Thomas USVI is approx. 90 statute miles (78.2 NM, 144 Km).

No , southwest doesn't even travel to Florida what makes you think Dominican Republic -.-

According to the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico the island received close to 4.6 Billion dollars between 2008-09. I believe the U.S. sends P.R. about that every fiscal year.

New York City has the most but Boston Mass. and Philadelphia Pa. also has a large population.

It uses the US Dollar.

This is the same as asking if Americans have Black in them! The answer is some do and some don't. Puerto Ricans are people born on the island but their ancestors come from all over the world. Now most but not all Puerto Ricans have some African ancestry. DNA studies are showing that the average range of Afican quantum is 12 to 25% or within an eighth to a fourth African ancestry. Of course we also have people of Full African Ancestry with no mix but it appears to only be 2% of the total population.

Approx 3360 Miles (5420 KM)

The flight time for flights between the above places is 4 hours

This is an approximate travel time (calculated in ideal conditions. The travel speed is 500 mph and 30 mins for take off and landing). The actual time might change depending on the flight path chosen, weather conditions, etc

about 5 to 5.5 hr. nonstop

The distance is straight path from one place to another place. There might be slight difference between the actual distance and the above mentioned distance because of the route chosen.The distance between the above mentioned places is 74.42 miles approximately.

The flight times varies according to the speed of the flight. If the flight is flying at a faster speed then the times may change. We are providing you with standard flight timings. The flight time for the above mentioned trip is.5hours37 mins

Yes, all Puerto Ricans are US citizens at birth. Puerto Ricans can vote in the US election if they live in any of the 50 states. 'Puerto Ricans' or any other American such as 'Texans' or 'New Yorkers' living in Puerto Rico can't vote for any US election (IE. Presidential). Puerto Rico have their own government system and their own political party's.

FACTS: All citizens born in Puerto Rico can be president of the United States of America.

East of Puerto Rico the main chain divides itself, forming an inner chain and an outer chain of islands. The inner chain includes St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenada. The other chain can be traced through the Virgin Islands, Antigua, Barbados, Tobago and northern Trinidad, continuing into the South American Continent as the coastal mountains of Venezuela.

No. It is a republic, so it has a president.

The largest municipalities in Puerto Rico are San Juan, Bayamón, and Carolina. San Juan is the capital in the north eastern coast of the island. Bayamón is just to the west of San Juan. It is home to manufacturing and "Casa Bacardí" rum distillery. Carolina is just to the east of San Juan and it is the home to the international airport and "Isla Verde" which is a major tourist area.

On the south side of the island Ponce is a major city on the island, and on the western side is Mayagüez. On the north central coast is Arecibo which is home to the largest single radio telescope in the world. There are 78 municipalities in Puerto Rico. All are important to the island in one way or another.

An all inclusive vacation to Puerto Rico is going to vary in cost based on one's starting destination and length of stay. The closer one lives to Puerto Rico, the less one has to pay in airfare. The further one lives away, the more expensive airfare is going to be. The price is going to range anywhere from $600 to $1,100 for a week stay.

If Puerto Rico bacame a US state it would have a bit more control of internal policies and procedures than it does now, since it is now subject to Congressional control in a way that a State is not. In addition, it would have voting representation in both the Senatre and House of Representatives, and would have a direct voice in the election of the President.

Its citizens resident in Puerto Rico would have to begin paying Federal income tax and if there are any special subsidies remaining that the Commonwealth receives because of its status and economic condition, they would probably go away. As a State in the United States, Puerto Rico would no longer have its own Olympic Team. Other international organizations that give Puerto Rico membership or observer status would cease to do so as PR would be fully integrated into the US for purposes of international relations.

3hr 48min to 4hr 50min New York Kennedy (JFK) to San Juan (SJU) by a nonstop flight operated by JetBlue Airways, American Airlines or Delta Air Lines.

Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States by Spain in the Treaty of Paris ending the Spanish American War in 1898. Cuba and the Philippines were ceded to the US at the same time. Cuba was almost immediately granted independence since the US was able to get the support of the Cuban Spanish independence movement by promising independence for their support of the US fight against the Spaniards. However the US hung on to both the Philippines and Puerto Rico due to their strategic locations.

The Philippines was granted independence in 1946 shortly after World War II. Once again, The US struck a deal with a militant independence movement to support the US's fight against its enemy (this time Japan). The Philippine independence movement was quite large and active for decades before they were granted independence.

Puerto Rico is still a US Territory (and now called a Commonwealth with an elected governor and bicameral legislature), Itr is still a very strategic location in the Western Hemisphere for naval defense and shipping in general. Unlike Cuba and the Philippines, Puerto Rico has never had a large independence movement. There have been militant independence groups, but (if you go by plebiscite election numbers) have never had any popular support. The highest election numbers ever for independence was 4.4% of registered voters in the 1993 Plebiscite.

Puerto Rico is still a US Territory by the consent of the people of the island. About 70% of registered voters, or about 40% of the island's residents, have voted for continued territorial status of some kind, or statehood. Several movements for statehood have come up just short of obtaining the electoral 50%+1 majority needed to ask Congress to be admitted into the union. So Puerto Rico remains a territory.

Travel time by plane is 4 hours. Puerto Rico is 2,000 miles away from St Louis, MO.

At the closest points Washington at the oregon/Idaho border is 3400 miles from the northwestern corner of Puerto Rico.

San Juan is about 3725 miles from Seattle.

Yes, Puerto Rico is an island in the Caribbean Sea.