The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico consists of the main island, which is called Puerto Rico, and several smaller islands, such as Mona, Culebra, and Vieques.
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is an archipelgo located in the north-eastern part of the Caribbean Sea, roughly 1,600 km south-east of Miami, Florida, USA. Puerto Ricans didn’t become citizens of the United States until 1917. In 1898, the United States of America acquired Puerto Rico under the terms of the peace treaty that ended the Spanish-American War. Puerto Rico was colonized by Spain the late 1400s and remained a Spanish colony for four centuries. The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico) is an unincorporated territory of the United States.
