What is Puerto Rico?
Q: What is Puerto Rico?
A: Puerto Rico, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a U.S. territory in the Caribbean Sea. This means that it is part of the United States and citizens of Puerto Rico are citizens of the United States as well.
Q: Is there an independence movement for Puerto Rico?
A: Yes, there has been a movement for independence for almost two centuries. There have been protests, votes, and armed attacks for independence.
Q: How many people live in Puerto Rico?
A: Almost 4 million (4,000,000) people live in Puerto Rico.
Q: What languages are spoken in Puerto Rico?
A: The official languages are Spanish and English; Spanish is spoken by 94.7% of the population and English by 5.3%.
Q: What currency does Puerto Rico use?
A: The currency used is the United States dollar.
Q: What does "Puerto Rico" mean in Spanish?
A: "Puerto Rico" means "rich port" in Spanish.
Q: Are all three smaller islands around Puerto Rica populated year-round?
A: Of those three smaller islands - Mona, Vieques, and Culebra - only Culebra and Vieques are populated all year; Mona is unpopulated but employees of the Puerto Rican Department of Natural Resources sometimes visit to inspect it and its wildlife
