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Geologically separated from the Greater Antilles island of Hispaniola by the Mona Passage and from the Lesser Antilles island arc by the Anegada Passage, the main island of Puerto Rico, the Spanish Virgin Islands of Vieques and Culebra, the British Virgin Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands except for the southernmost island of Saint Croix all lie on the same carbonate platform and insular ...
The Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones (Spanish: Registro Nacional de Sitios y Zonas Históricas) is a Puerto Rican government program adopted by the state Planning Board (Junta de Planificación) for use by both private and public entities to evaluate, register, revitalize, develop or protect the built historic and cultural heritage of Puerto Rico in the context and for economic ...
The location of Puerto Rico. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Puerto Rico: . The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is a self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States of America located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands. [1]
Reforma de Salud de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico Health Reform) – locally referred to as La Reforma ('The Reform') – is a government-run program which provides medical and health care services to the indigent and impoverished, by means of contracting private health insurance companies, rather than employing government-owned hospitals and ...
Isla Palomino Cayo Icacos Cayo Aurora. This is a list of islands of Puerto Rico.. The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has over 143 islands, keys, islets, and atolls.Only the main island of Puerto Rico (3,424 sq mi [8,868 km2]), and the islands of Vieques (51 sq mi [130 km 2]), and Culebra (10 sq mi [26 km 2]) are inhabited.
Mona and Monito as seen from the International Space Station. Mona is the third largest island in the archipelago of Puerto Rico and the largest in the Mona Passage. It has an area of 22 square miles (57 km 2) and is located 41 miles (66 km) from the main island of Puerto Rico, and 38 miles (61 km) east of the Dominican Republic.
GeoGuessr is a browser-based geography game in which players are tasked with guessing locations based on Google Street View imagery. The game features multiple modes, ...
The Lajas Valley (Spanish: Valle de Lajas), or the Yauco-Boquerón Valley (Valle de Yauco-Boquerón), [1] is an anticlinal valley that runs 30 km (19 mi) long and 5 km (3 mi) wide [2] east-to-west in southwestern Puerto Rico, within the municipalities of Lajas, Cabo Rojo, Guánica, and Sabana Grande. [3]