the General data on Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico), possession the USA in West Indies, occupies island Puerto Rico, and also islands Vekes, Kulebra, Mona and other of bunch of the Big Antilles. A possession total area - 8,9  thousand sq. km. The population - 3,6  million persons (1994), mainly Puerto-Ricans; from them Creoles (offsprings of the Spanish migrants) - 73 %, mulattos - 23 %, Negroes-4 %. The Urban population compounds 71 % (1990). Besides at the USA bunks more 2  million Puerto-Ricans, from them 1,1 million - in New York. Official languages on island Spanish and English. 85 %   believers - roman catholics. In the administrative attitude the terrain Puerto Rico is subdivided on 78  munitsipy. The Administrative centre - the city of San Juan with the population 1,1  million persons (with suburbs). The largest cities of island Bajamon (196  thousand persons), Ponce (189  thousand persons).