ʻO Puerto Rico, ka inoa piha o Puerto Rico, uhi ka ʻāpana o 8897 kilomika kilomika. ʻO Sepania a me Pelekane kāna ʻōlelo kūloko. Manaʻo ka hapa nui o nā kamaʻāina i ka Kakolika. ʻO San Juan kona kapena E kū pono i ka Moana ʻAkelanika a me ke kai Caribbean ma ka hema, kū i ke alo o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me nā mokupuni ʻo Virgin Britain ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka wai ma ka hikina, a pili i ka Dominican Republic ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka Mona Strait ma ke komohana. Keʻaʻa nei ʻo Cordillera Mountain i ka panalāʻau a loaʻa kahi aniau ulu ulu tropical tropical me ka ua nui. <► Papa Kuhikuhi ʻAina Puka ʻO Puerto Rico, i kapa ʻia ʻo Commonwealth o Pokoliko, aia ia ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina o ka Greater Antilles ma ke Kai Caribbean. Uhi ia i kahi o 8897 kilomika kilomika, me Puerto Rico, Vieques a me Culebra. ʻO ia ke alo o ka Moana ʻAkelanika i ka ʻākau, ke Kai Caribbean ma ka hema, ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me nā mokupuni ʻo British Virgin i ka hikina ma o ka wai, a ʻo ka Mona Strait ma ke komohana i ka Dominican Republic. ʻO nā kuahiwi a me nā puʻu no ka 3/4 o ko ka mokupuni ʻāpana. Hele ka pae mauna waena ma ka hikina a me ke komohana, a moe ka ʻāina mai ka waena a i nā wahi, mai ke kiʻekiʻe a ka haʻahaʻa, a he pāpū ʻo kahakai. ʻO ka piko kiʻekiʻe loa, ʻo Punta Mountain, he 1,338 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. Ke aniau nahele Tropical rain. He wahi mua ia kahi i noho ai nā 'Inikini. Ua holo ʻo Columbus i kēia wahi i ka 1493. Ua lilo ia i panalāʻau Sepania i 1509. I ka 1869, kipi ka poʻe Piko Rican a hoʻolaha i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi repubalika, i kāohi ʻia e ka pūʻali koa kolone Sepania. Ua loaʻa ka mana kūloko i ka 1897. Ua lilo ia i kolone o ka United States ma hope o ke kaua Sepania-ʻAmelika i 1898. Ua hoʻolaha aku ka kipi kūʻē a ka lehulehu i ka makahiki 1950 i ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o ka Lepupalika o Pokoliko. Ma 1952, ua hāʻawi ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa iā Puerto Rico i ke kūlana o kahi hui a hoʻohana kūʻokoʻa, akā naʻe nā keʻena nui e like me nā mea haole, pale aupuni, a me nā loina e ka United States. I Nowemapa 1993. Ua mālama hou ʻo Pokoliko i kahi referendum e pili ana i nā pilina me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. A ʻo ka hopena, ua kākoʻo ka hapanui o ka poʻe i ka mālama ʻana i ke kūlana pekelala manuahi o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. i < Piko ʻo Piko Riko i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā pilina pili waiwai me nā ʻāina Caribbean a me ʻAmelika Latin. ʻO ka GDP ma 1992 he 23.5 biliona kālā US. ʻO ka pae noho kanaka ka pae mua ma Latin America. Hoʻohana ke kālā i nā kālā US. Hoʻomohala ʻia ka mākaʻikaʻi, a ʻo nā mea nui e komo pū me ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Ponce Art, San Juan Old Town, Katedral San Juan, Cloudfored Rainforest, a me ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻohana 17 a kenekulia o Puerto Rico. ʻO Puerto Rico ke kikowaena halihali mokulele ma Caribbean, a ʻo San Juan, Ponce, a me Mayaguez nā awa kai a me nā ea āpau. ʻO nā ʻoihana pū kekahi me nā kemika, nā pono uila, nā mīkini hana, ʻaila ʻaila, ka hana ʻana i nā meaʻai a me nā ʻoihana lole. Hoʻopuka nui ka mahiʻai i ka pulupulu, kope, ʻuala, paka, a me nā huaʻai. |