Puerto Rico, officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (,
IPA ), is a self governing
unincorporated territory of the
United States with
Commonwealth status. located in the northeastern
Caribbean, east of the
Dominican Republic and west of the
Virgin Islands; approximately 1,280 miles (2,000 km) off the coast of
Florida (the nearest of the mainland United States). 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. The current term boricua derives from the Taíno name for the island, and is commonly used to identify oneself as
Puerto Rican.
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