Puerto Rico

Welcome to the Puerto Rico WWW page! Puerto Rico is located 1,000 miles southeast of Miami. It is 3 3/4 hours by plane from Atlanta and New York, 4 hours from Boston and 2 1/2 hours from Miami. A few facts about Puerto Rico:

• Size: 110 by 35 miles, roughly the size of Conneticut.
• Climate: Tropical, with an average annual temperature of 78 degrees Fahrenheit and constant easterly trade winds. Click here for the latest weather reports.
• Population: 3.6 million.
• Languages: Spanish and English.
• Currency: U.S. Dollar.
• Economy: A major producer and exporter of manufactured goods, high-technology equipment and pharmaceutics, Puerto Rico also features employment in government service, business, agriculture and tourism.
• History: Settled by indigenous groups for thousands of years before the arrival of Columbus in 1493, Puerto Rico was a Spanish colony for four centuries, with early military preoccupations replaced by agricultural and economical concerns by the 19th century. Since 1898 it has been a part of the United States, and Puerto Ricans hold U.S. citizenship.

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• The Arecibo Observatory is the world's largest single-dish radiotelescope.
• Images of Puerto Rico is a collection of selected pictures from around the island, organized by city.
• Paisajes en Fuego is an art exhibit from puertorican artist Maria de Mater O'Neill. It is a hypertext document, in two parts, to be downloaded and run under Windows 3.1
• One of the world's most popular rum drinks, the Pina Colada, was invented right here in Puerto Rico.
• It's Hurricane Season and here is the latest information for the 1994 Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico Hurricane Season.
• The Puerto Rico Tourism Company has many offices around the world.
• Questions? No problem! The soc.culture.puerto-rico FAQ has information about traveling to Puerto Rico. The Spanish Characters FAQ has instructions on how to display special spanish characters.
• Visit the world! Our Transporter page is loaded with pointers to many interesting sites.

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This WWW page is sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Puerto Rico. For further information about this WWW server, contact: