Puerto Rico

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Puerto Rico
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Movement
Cars and Trucks are used to transport people and
goods Boats are used for fishing and
importing/exporting goods The highway connects
all 78 municipios(cities) Puerto Rico trades with
everybody There are no railroads because of
uneven land 93 of all Puerto Ricos food is
imported
Balneario Luquillo Puerto Ricos famous beach
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Region
Puerto Ricans celebrate Americas Independence day
There are 6 disctrics that center around a major
city. There are many tourist regions such as
Ponce and San Juan The current party in office is
New Progressive party which is equivalent to a
Rubublican Major religion is Roman
Catholicism Center of tourism and big business is
the Capital, San Juan
Their government is Common Wealth
Dos Bocas Lake
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Location
Puerto Rico is in the Caribbean Its absolute
location is 19 degrees North and 67 gedrees
West The total land is 3, 515 square miles Puerto
Rico is also in the West Indies Puerto Rico is
west of Dominica Repunlic and east of the Virgian
Island Puerto Rico began underwater, volcanoes
blew earthquakes shook the land below. The ocean
rose and formed current day Puerto Rico.
Salto Dona Juana Dona Juans Leap
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Place
The climate is tropical with lots of
rainfall Puerto Ricans farm coffee, bananas,
coconuts, passion fruit, and other
vegetables Population of Puerto Rico is 3,308,
000 The capital is San Juan, and English is the
official language The main religion is Roman
Catholic Puerto Rico is made up of four land
regions Coastal lowlands, coastal valleys,
foothills and central mountains.
Coral From Puerto Rico
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Human/Enviroment Interaction
The majority of the land in Puerto Rico is
farmed Air pollution is not a big problem, but
water pollution is. The oceans are polluted with
trash and chemicals. Deforestation or over
fishing is not a problem in Puerto Rico
either Many people are attracted to the tropical
weather in Puerto Rico There are many casinos in
Puerto Rico Popular sports in Puerto Rico
include, baseball, horse racing, and
cockfighting Puerto Rico also supplies an
excellent education for their students.
Birds eye view of San Juan
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Bibliograohy
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The End
By Danielle Abbott and Chris Stevens Period 3
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