Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico is an island in and has about 3,470,000 residents.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Los Tres Picachos and Los Tres Picachos State Forest.

Peak
Tres Picachos is one of the highest peaks in at 968 meters. is situated 6 km southwest of Puerto Rico.

Nature reserve
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ciales and Jayuya.

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Puerto Rico

  • Type: Island
  • Also known as: “Boluchen”, “Borequem”, “Borichen”, “Borichena”, “Boricua”, “Borigua”, “Boriken”, “Borikén”, “Boringquen”, “Boriquen”, “Boriquer”, “Boriqui”, “Borriquen”, “Burenquen”, “Burichena”, “Burikem”, “Burinkem”, “Burinquen”, “Burinquin”, “Buriquen”, “Carib”, “Eylandt San Juan de Puerto Rico”, “Isla de Puerto Rico”, “Isla San Ioannis”, “Isle de Porto Rico”, “Isle de Porto Rico aux Espagnols”, “Isle de Porto-Rico”, “Isle de Portorico”, “La Isla de San Juan”, “La Isla del Carib”, “La Isla del Encanto”, “Port of San Juan Island”, “Porto Ricco”, “Porto Rico Island”, “Porto-Rico”, “Portorica”, “Portorico”, “Puerto Rico Island”, “Saint Iois Infula”, “Saint John de Port Rico”, “Saint Johns Island”, “San Iuan Baptista”, “San Juan Island”, “Tierra Boricua”, and “Tierra del Valiente Senor”
  • Category: landform
  • Location: , ,
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Latitude
18.2494° or 18° 14′ 58″ north
Longitude
-66.501° or 66° 30′ 4″ west
Population
3,470,000
Elevation
381 metres (1,250 feet)
Open location code
77CM6FXX+QH
Geo­Names ID
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Puerto Rico” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بورتو ريكو”
  • Arpitan: “Pôrto Rico”
  • Basque: “Puerto Rico”
  • Bosnian: “Porto Riko”
  • Bulgarian: “Пуерто Рико”
  • Catalan: “Puerto Rico”
  • Chinese: “波多黎各”
  • Cornish: “Puerto Rico”
  • Croatian: “Portoriko”
  • Czech: “Portoriko”
  • Danish: “Puerto Rico”
  • Dutch: “Puerto Rico”
  • Esperanto: “Puerto-Riko”
  • Estonian: “Puerto Rico”
  • Finnish: “Puerto Rico”
  • French: “Porto Rico”
  • Galician: “Porto Rico”
  • Georgian: “პუერტო-რიკო”
  • German: “Puerto Rico”
  • Greek: “Πουέρτο Ρίκο”
  • Haitian: “Pòtoriko”
  • Hebrew: “פורטו ריקו”
  • Hungarian: “Puerto Rico”
  • Icelandic: “Púertó Ríkó”
  • Ido: “Porto-Riko”
  • Indonesian: “Puerto Riko”
  • Irish: “Pórtó Rícó”
  • Italian: “Porto Rico”
  • Japanese: “プエルトリコ”
  • Korean: “푸에르토리코”
  • Latin: “Portus Dives”
  • Lithuanian: “Puerto Rikas”
  • Macedonian: “Порторико”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Puerto Rico”
  • Norwegian: “Puerto Rico”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Pòrt Ric”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Puerto Rico”
  • Persian: “پورتوریکو”
  • Polish: “Portoryko”
  • Portuguese: “Porto Rico”
  • Romanian: “Puerto Rico”
  • Russian: “Пуэрто-Рико”
  • Serbian: “Порторико”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Portoriko”
  • Slovak: “Portoriko”
  • Slovenian: “Portoriko”
  • Spanish: “Borinquen”
  • Spanish: “Puerto Rico”
  • Spanish: “San Juan Bautista”
  • Swahili: “Puerto Rico”
  • Swedish: “Puerto Rico”
  • Thai: “เปอร์โตริโก”
  • Turkish: “Porto Riko”
  • Ukrainian: “Пуерто-Рико”
  • Ukrainian: “Пуерто-Ріко”
  • Vietnamese: “Puerto Rico”
  • Volapük: “Puertorikeäns”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Casa Blanca and Hacienda Colom.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Quebrada Novillo and Matrullas River.

Puerto Rico: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: San Juan and Vieques.

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