Puerto Rico

The national flower of Spain is the Red Carnation.

Taino Indians.

Because the majority of Puerto Ricans are Spanish descended! Most Puerto Ricans are tri-racial (Spanish/European, Indigenous [Taino] & African), Mestizos (Spanish and Indigenous) and Mulattos (Spanish and African)...The "light" skin might come from the Spanish/European side of the Puerto Rican bloodline.

Puerto Rico has a republican form of government with separation of powers modeled on the US Constitutional, with an elected bicameral legislature, an independent judiciary and an elected executive. As an unincorporated territory of the United States organized as a Commonwealth, the powers of its government are delegated by the Congress of the US and are not under the full protection of the US Constitution.

San Juan Bautista

Any excuse to celebrate will do in Puerto Rico which observes all Federal holidays and adds Official holidays like Three Kings Day, Birthday of Eugino Maria de Hostos, Birthdaay of Luis Munoz Marin, Birthday of Jose de Diego, Birthday of Don Luis Munoz Rivera, Birthday of Dr. Jose Celso Barbosa, Emancipation Day, Constitution Day and the Discovery of Puerto Rico to the calendar. Add any number of local Saints Days and expect Carnival to be a full week of partying. Big business may be justified in not liking Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico is a U.S. territorial island in the Caribbean, so it does not share land boundaries with any other country. There are neighboring islands (Haiti & the Dominican Republic to the Northwest, and the Virgin Islands to the Southeast), but these are separated by expanses of the Caribbean Sea.

There are about 3,000,000 resident of the contiguous US that are self identified as being Puerto Ricans.

Alaska was purchased and puerto rico was goverened

The same as anywhere else in the US or Latin America. Normal working hours are from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM. Lunch is an hour, normally at noon. Dinners are usually taken around 5 or 6 PM. There are a lot of local holidays and plenty of restaurants, eating out is one of Puertorico's favorite past times. For younger people favorite places are pubs, Cycling is becoming very popular, going to the beach is also popular, The islands of Vieques and Culebra are very popular as well as the beaches in Cabo Rojo.

Oscar Collazo who attempted to assassinate President Harry Truman.

Puerto Rico is a US Territory and has not achieved statehood.

Puerto Rico does not have an Official drink or beverage, but if they did, it would be the Pina Colada.

Puerto Rico has a Tropical Wet Climate meaning it's sunny and humid with temperatures rising to 90 F. But it's also vulnerable to hurricanes and cyclones and a lot of severe thunderstorms occur.

Depends on your definition of "far". At their closest points, (Rincon and Cancun) are just shy of 1300 miles apart.

By Contrast, Rincon and Miami, Florida are just shy of 1000 miles apart.

Atlanta, Washington DC and New York are from 1500-1600 miles away.

There is three land regions in Costa Rica.

Traditional Puerto Rican clothing are usually bright and a bit loose-fitting. They are a mix of Spanish, Carribean,and South American.

Traditional Puerto Rican clothing is divided in three kinds.

First is the Jibaro clothing wore at mountain festivals and celebrations of Jibaro music and culture.

Jibaro men wear the straw hat, white shirt and pants with a colored sash around the waist and colored kerchief around neck and shoulders Sandals and a machete. The women wear flowers in their hair and multi colored long skirts and low cut white blouses.

Second is traditional outfits for Bomba. The women dress in the traditional clothing that the slaves wore. Turbans and long flowing white skirts and short blouses. The men wear colorful shirts tied at the waist and pants cut at the ankles or sometimes the man is dress elegantly in a white suite with a Panama Hat.

Third is the city clothes for Plena. Women wear flowers in their hair colorful short dress above the knee. Men wear Panama hats with guayabera shirts mostly in white.

Physiographically, Nevin Fenneman's paper Physiographic Subdivision of the United States, published in 1917, identifies 25 provinces of the contiguous United States.

Geologically,there are 10 provinces in the contiguous United States according to the US Geological Survey.

Politically, the US is divided into states, territories, and commonwealths, but not provinces.

Since 1952. Yet, Puerto Ricans are still very fearful of this change if it ever happens because they do not want to loose their language, which is mainly Spanish. They also fear the laws, goverment, and education of the United States since they do not want to loose their culture and traditions.

Yes, they fought on both sides during the Spanish American war and they have fought in every conflict since WWI both as volunteers and as draftees. Four of it fallen heroes have been awarded the Medal of Honor.

Private schools are great. They're not a waste of money. They offer a lot of good things and open a lot of doors. Most public schools, unfurtunately, are having a lot of issues. Public school education can be considered terrible. Safety in the public schools is also really weak.

Yes the Dominican Republic is an Idependent Country. It Independent day is 2-27-1844 . It idenpendent was given by Hatit

es arroz con gandures o gandules, puerco asado, pasteles envueltos. La comida común o diaria es arroz con habichuelas y carne, pescado o pollo.