Weekly Rentals In Puerto Rico

Weekly Rentals In Puerto Rico

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Puerto Rico consists of the main island of Puerto Rico and various smaller islands, including Vieques, Culebra, Mona, Desecheo, and Caja de Muertos. Of the latter five, only Culebra and Vieques are inhabited year-round. Mona is uninhabited most of the year except for employees of the Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources. There are also many other even smaller islands including Monito and "La Isleta de San Juan" which includes Old San Juan and Puerta de Tierra.

Puerto Rico has an area of 5,325 square miles, of which 3,425 square miles is land and 1,900 square miles is water. The maximum length from east to west is 110 miles, and the maximum width from north to south is 40 miles. Comparing land areas, Puerto Rico is 8/10 the size of Jamaica and 8/100 the size of Cuba, the next smallest and the largest countries in the Greater Antilles, respectively. Compared to US states, it is larger than Delaware and Rhode Island combined, but slightly smaller than Connecticut. The main island is mostly mountainous with large coastal areas in the north and south. The main mountain range is called "La Cordillera Central" (The Central Range). The highest elevation in Puerto Rico, Cerro de Punta 1,338 m, is located in this range. Another important peak is El Yunque, one of the highest in the Sierra de Luquillo at the El Yunque National Forest, with an elevation of 3,494 feet.

The island has two international airports, the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina and the Rafael Hernandez Airport in Aguadilla.

Puerto Rico has 17 lakes, all man-made, and more than 50 rivers, most originating in the Cordillera Central. Rivers in the northern region of the island are typically longer and of higher water flow rates than those of the south, since the south receives less rain than the central and northern regions.

Puerto Rico is composed of Cretaceous to Eocene volcanic and plutonic rocks, overlain by younger Oligocene and more recent carbonates and other sedimentary rocks.[45] Most of the caverns and karst topography on the island occurs in the northern region in the carbonates. The oldest rocks are approximately 190 million years old (Jurassic) and are located at Sierra Bermeja in the southwest part of the island. They may represent part of the oceanic crust and are believed to come from the Pacific Ocean realm.

Puerto Rico lies at the boundary between the Caribbean and North American plates and is being deformed by the tectonic stresses caused by their interaction. These stresses may cause earthquakes and tsunamis. These seismic events, along with landslides, represent some of the most dangerous geologic hazards in the island and in the northeastern Caribbean. The most recent major earthquake occurred on October 11, 1918 and had an estimated magnitude of 7.5 on the Richter scale. It originated off the coast of Aguadilla and was accompanied by a tsunami.

The Puerto Rico Trench, the largest and deepest trench in the Atlantic, is located about 75 miles north of Puerto Rico in the at the boundary between the Caribbean and North American plates. It is 1,090 miles long and about 60 miles wide. At its deepest point, named the Milwaukee Deep, it is 27,493 feet deep, or about 5.2 miles.

uerto Rican culture is a mix of four cultures, African (from the slaves), Taíno (Amerindians), Spanish, and more recently, North American. From Africans, the Puerto Ricans have obtained the "bomba and plena", a type of music and dance including percussions and maracas. From the Amerindians (Taínos), they kept many names for their municipalities, foods, musical instruments like the güiro and maracas. Many words and other objects have originated from their localized language. From the Spanish they received the Spanish language, the Catholic religion and the vast majority of their cultural and moral values and traditions.

Islands

Puerto Rico , Vieques, Culebra, Desecheo, Mona, Monito

Municipalities

Adjuntas Aguada, Aguadilla, Aguas Buenas, Aibonito, Añasco, Arecibo, Arroyo, Barceloneta, Barranquitas, Bayamón, Cabo Rojo, Caguas, Camuy, Canóvanas, Carolina , Cataño , Cayey , Ceiba , Ciales , Cidra , Coamo, Comerío, Corozal, Culebra, Dorado, Fajardo, Florida, Guánica, Guayama, Guayanilla, Guaynabo , Gurabo , Hatillo , Hormigueros , Humacao , Isabela , Jayuya , Juana Díaz , Juncos , Lajas , Lares , Las Marías , Las Piedras , Loíza , Luquillo , Manatí , Maricao , Maunabo , Mayagüez , Moca , Morovis , Naguabo , Naranjito , Orocovis , Patillas , Peñuelas , Ponce , Quebradillas , Rincón , Río Grande , Sabana Grande , Salinas , San Germán , San Juan , San Lorenzo , San Sebastián , Santa Isabel , Toa Alta , Toa Baja , Trujillo Alto , Utuado , Vega Alta , Vega Baja , Vieques , Villalba , Yabucoa , Yauco

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