Shirley Futch Plaza ~ Computer Training Center: December 2017

Thursday, December 28, 2017

Travel Day -> Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico is a Caribbean island and unincorporated U.S. territory with a landscape of mountains, waterfalls and the El Yunque tropical rainforest. In San Juan, the capital and largest city, the Isla Verde area is known for its hotel strip, beach bars and casinos. Its Old San Juan neighborhood features colorful Spanish colonial buildings and El Morro and La Fortaleza, massive, centuries-old fortresses.

Capital: San Juan

Population: 3.411 million (2016)

President: Donald Trump

Official languages: Spanish 94.7%, English 5.3% - 78.3% do not speak English "very well".

Currency

United States dollar(USD)

Ethnic groups

75.8%	White
12.4%	Black
3.3%	Two or more races
0.5%	American Indian & Alaskan Native
0.2%	Asian
<0.1%	Pacific Islander
7.8%	Other^[3]

• Cession from Spain	December 10, 1898
• U.S. citizenship granted	March 2, 1917
• Constitution adopted	July 25, 1952

Roman Catholic (56%)

Protestant (33%)

Other (3%)

Irreligious (8%)

Flight From Newark Airport to San Juan: $289, 3h 50m

Current Time: 2:15pm, (1 hour ahead)

Current Weather: partly cloudy, 84 degrees 77% humidity

Puerto Rico is 1,150 miles from Florida

Puerto Rico is approximately 30 miles wide from north to south and about 90 miles from west to east. The land area is about 3,435 square miles. Puerto Rico is comparable to the state of Connecticut and bigger than the states of Delaware and Rhode Island put together.