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in Puerto Rico:
General: The Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Estado Libre Asociado
de Puerto Rico, IPA [estaðo lib?e asosjaðo
ðe pwe?to riko]), also Porto Rico (archaic)
and more commonly Puerto Rico, is a United States
unincorporated territory with Commonwealth status[1]
located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of
the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin
Islands; about 1,000 miles off the south coast
of Florida. The archipelago of Puerto Rico includes
the main island of Puerto Rico, the smallest of
the Greater Antilles, and a number of smaller
islands and keys, the largest of which are Mona,
Vieques, and Culebra. Puerto Ricans sometimes
refer to their island as Borikén, or the
Spanish variant Borinquen, a name for the island
used by indigenous Taíno people, and from
which derives a term used for Puerto Ricans: 'boricua'.
Currency: The dollar
(currency code USD) is the unit of currency of
the United States. It is normally abbreviated
to the dollar sign $, or alternatively US$ to
distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies.
(Note: The $ symbol is also used by other countries
for the peso). The U.S. dollar is divided into
100 (equal) cents.
Language: Spanish (español)
is an Iberian Romance language originally from
the northern area of Spain. It is the official
language of Spain, most Latin American countries
and Equatorial Guinea. In total, twenty nations
and several territories use Spanish as both their
primary and official language, more than any other
language on Earth.
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