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Puerto Rico

Released on 01/15/2004

Puerto Rico December 11 - 20, 2003


Population: Approximately 3,885,877 (July 2003)
Official name: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Conventional short form: Puerto Rico
Capital: San Juan
Size: 35 miles x 100 miles
Language: Spanish and English
Religion: Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant and other 15%
Time zone: Eastern time
Currency: US dollar
Weights/measures: mostly metric
Holidays: US Independence Day, 4 July (1776); Puerto Rico Constitution Day, 25 July (1952)

Me inside a foggy tower in the El Yunque rain forest (click to enlarge) Misty trees in El Yunque. The Caribbean National Forest, also called El Yunque Rainforest. It is named after the benevolent Indian spirit Yuquiyu. El Yunque is the only rainforest in the U.S. National Forest System. (click to enlarge) A street in Old San Juan (click to enlarge) Three inflatable wise men (or kings) in Vieques. Three Kings Day (Día de los Reyes) is a Hispanic Christian celebration that commemorates the three kings who followed the star of Bethlehem to bring gifts to the Christ child. Children celebrate it by putting their shoes, filled with grass, outside the door. The Kings' camels eat the grass and leave behind small gifts. (click to enlarge) Fuerte San Felipe del Morro, or El Morro. The foundations were laid in 1539, but was not completed until 1787. (click to enlarge) Inside a watchtower in El Morro (click to enlarge) The outside wall of El Morro (click to enlarge) (click to enlarge) (click to enlarge) El Parque de Bombas, an old fire house in Ponce, Puerto Rico (click to enlarge) An old firetruck in el Parque de Bombas (click to enlarge) Our Lady of Guadelupe Cathedral in Ponce, Puerto Rico. (click to enlarge) The foundation for San Cristóbal Fort was was begun in 1635 and finished in 1678. At one time it was the eastern gate to the walled city of Old San Juan. Construction on the fort was begun in 1635 and finished in 1678, although changes were made later in the 18th Century. (click to enlarge) Two fighting cocks (roosters) in Vieques, a small island off of Puerto Rico. The island is tiny; only 21miles by 5 miles. Vieques was founded in 1843 by Francisco Saínz. It was annexed to Puerto Rico in 1854. The U.S. Navy came to Vieques in 1941 and used it for target practice using live bombs and ammunition. The Navy left Vieques on May 1, 2003. The name Vieques comes from a Taino Indian word for The Punta Mulas Lighthouse in Vieques, built in 1885. (click to enlarge)