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Puerto Rico

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

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

Peak
Tres Picachos is one of the highest peaks in at 968 meters. It is located on the border between the municipalities of and in the central part of the island, and is part of the Cordillera Central. is situated 6 km southwest of Puerto Rico.

Nature reserve
is one of the 20 forests that make up the public forest system of . The forest is located in the or Cordillera Central, along the mountain ridge, one of the island's highest mountains, named after the distinctive three peaks of the highest mountain in the forest. is situated 6 km southwest of Puerto Rico.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ciales and Jayuya.

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is a town and municipality of in the interior mountainous region of the island, in the transition zone between the Northern Karst and the Cordillera Central mountain range.

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is a mountain town and municipality of located in the mountainous region. Although a small town, has many tourist attractions such as its historic downtown, coffee plantations, waterfalls, haciendas, indigenous sites and natural reserves.

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
4566967
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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

Discover other places named “Puerto Rico”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Casa Blanca and Hacienda Colom.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Quebrada Novillo and Matrullas River.

Puerto Rico: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into San Juan, Vieques, Ponce, and Mayagüez.

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