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Incendio deja a oscuras a Puerto Rico; Puerto Rico votó en un nuevo plebiscito el convertirse en un estado de Estados Unidos; Wanda Vázquez juramentó como gobernadora de Puerto Rico; Trump aprueba fondos de emergencias para Puerto Rico después de sismo; Presentan proyecto de ley para convertir a Puerto Rico en un estado de los Estados ...
Puerto Rico does not have an official bird. In 2001 the legislature passed a bill designating the pitirre (Tyrannus dominicensis), but the governor vetoed the bill because although native to it is not endemic to Puerto Rico. [6] [7]
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Puerto Rico has over 50 rivers, most originating from the island's central mountainous region which receives heavy rainfall. The largest of these rivers, Rio de la Plata , measures approximately 60.5 mi. (97 km), starting at an altitude of 2,625 ft (800 m) above sea level in Cayey before ending between the northern coastal towns of Dorado and ...
Columbus named the island San Juan Bautista, in honor of Saint John the Baptist, while the capital city was named Ciudad de Puerto Rico ("Rich Port City"). [21] Eventually traders and other maritime visitors came to refer to the entire island as Puerto Rico, while San Juan became the name used for the main trading/shipping port and the capital ...
The Edificio Alcaldia (Spanish for ''city hall building''), also known as the Antigua Casa Alcaldía de Carolina (Old City Hall of Carolina), [2] is a historic building in Carolina, Puerto Rico. The building was designed by Puerto Rican architect Rafael Carmoega , then an architect of the Department of the Interior, with assistance of Francisco ...
A massive power outage blanketed most of Puerto Rico early Tuesday, leaving more than 1.2 million people without electricity. Here's what to know about the blackout and Luma Energy, which handles ...
Naranjito barrio-pueblo is a barrio and the administrative center of Naranjito, a municipality of Puerto Rico.Its population in 2010 was 1,157. [1] [4] [5] [6]As was customary in Spain, in Puerto Rico, the municipality has a barrio called pueblo which contains a central plaza, the municipal buildings (city hall), and a Catholic church.