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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Beaches of Puerto Rico, Caves of Puerto Rico, Hot springs of Puerto Rico, Islands of Puerto Rico, Mountains of Puerto Rico, Vieques, Puerto Rico, Culebra, Puerto Rico, Mona, Puerto Rico, List of beaches in Puerto Rico, Cerro Las Tetas, Cerro de Punta, List of islands of Puerto Rico, Banos de Coamo, Isla de Caja de Muertos, Puerto Rico, Rio Camuy Caves, Isla de Ratones, La Guancha Recreational and Cultural Complex, Isla Magueyes, El Tuque, Cordillera Central, Cerro Maravilla, Boqueron, Puerto Rico, Spanish Virgin Islands, Condado Lagoon, Cayos de Cana Gorda, El Yunque, Puerto Rico, Isla Palominos, Tres Picachos, Cayo Norte, Monte Jayuya, Condado Bridge Beach, Crash Boat Beach, Cerro Rosa, Cueva Ventana, Isleta de San Juan, Loiza Lake, Balneario de Rincon. Excerpt: Puerto Rico ( or ), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: , -literally Associated Free State of Puerto Rico), is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean Sea, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands. Puerto Rico (Spanish for "rich port") comprises an archipelago that includes the main island of Puerto Rico and a number of smaller islands, the largest of which are Vieques, Culebra, and Mona. The main island of Puerto Rico is the smallest by land area of the Greater Antilles. It, however, ranks third in population among that group of four islands, which also include Cuba, Hispaniola, and Jamaica. Due to its location, Puerto Rico enjoys a tropical climate and also experiences the Atlantic hurricane season. Originally populated for centuries by indigenous aboriginal peoples known as Tainos, the island was claimed by Christopher Columbus for Spain during his second voyage to the Americas on November 19, 1493. Under Spanish rule, t...
