PUERTO RICO

• The climate is very tropical

• The terrain is mostly mountainous with coastal plains in north

Los indígenas

• Cristobal Colón descubrió la isla. Los indígenas se llaman arawaks.

El Morro

• The oldest Spanish fort in the New World, El Morro was built to protect San Juan from attacks from the sea and to control entry to the harbour.

Plaza de San José• The Plaza stands in

front of the bronze statue of Ponce de León, made from British cannons captured in during Sir Ralph Abercromby's attack in 1797. The plaza is skirted by a number of historic buildings.

Industria Native American Tobacco flower and buds

El Gobierno

• Puerto Rico is a self-governing commonwealth in association with the United States.

• The head of government is an elected Govenor.

• There is a House of Representatives and a Senate.

• The President of the US is the chief of state.

• The population of Puerto Rico is 3,927,188