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OFFICIAL NAME: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
CAPITAL: San Juan
SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT: Self-Governing Commonwealth in association with the U.S.A.
AREA: 9,014 Sq Km (3,515 Sq Mi)
ESTIMATED 2000 POPULATION: 3,856,500
LOCATION AND GEOGRAPHY: Puerto Rico is smallest and most easterly island of the Greater Antilles. It is bound by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and the Caribbean Sea to the south. Around 80% of the island's land area is mountainous and hilly. The central mou ...
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